220 ' INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



iv.l918, alt. 760-900 ft. ; 3 specimens, 21.vi.l918, alt. 1,070 ft. ; centre of 

 island: 2 specimens, 30.vi.l918, alt. 900-1,200 ft. (Kellers); Afono Trail: 

 1 specimen, 25.ix.1923 (Swezey & Wilder). 



Upolu : — Apia : 1 specimen, x.1925, alt. 1,000 ft. (Buxton & Hopkins). 



26. Lygus finis, sp. n. 



Closely allied to L. huxtoni, but differs in the smaller size and brownish 

 coloration without reddish tinge or red markings. 



Colour. — Yellowish-brown to fusco-brownish ; antennae uniformly 

 yellowish, segment III only slightly infuscated ; pronotal disc, scutellum, more 

 or less on clavus, apex of embolium and apical area of corium more or less fusco- 

 brownish ; scutellum yellowish translucent, apex fuscous. Venter and sides of 

 thorax dark brown to fuscous. Legs yellowish, apical half of femora more or 

 less darkened with fuscous but not distinctly annulated ; tibial spines fusco- 

 brownish, tiny spots evident at base of spines. Membrane rather unevenly 

 shaded with fuscous, a spot beyond tip of cuneus, central spot, and basal half 

 of areoles paler ; veins dusky, cubitus paler about apex of larger areole. 



Structure. — ^. Length 4 mm., width 1-7 mm. Head : width 1-06 mm., 

 vertex -26 mm., equal to a little more than half the dorsal width of an eye ; 

 basal margin without elevated carina, but margin formed by a rather deep step- 

 down to the collum, which is normally covered by the close-fitting collar ; 

 position vertical, eyes large, hollowed out behind and fitting closely against 

 anterior angles of the pronotum ; inner margins of eyes emarginate about 

 insertion of antennae ; rostrum, length 1-73 mm., scarcely attaining hind 

 margins of posterior coxae. Antennae : segment I, length -65 mm., slender ; 

 II, 1-86 mm., slender ; III, 1-12 mm. ; IV, broken. Pronotum : length 

 •86 mm., width at base 1-47 mm. ; disc very finely rugulose punctate. Hind 

 femur, length 1-9 mm., length of hind tibia 2-9 mm. Dorsal surface clothed 

 with pale yellowish pubescence, intermixed on clavus and corium with a few 

 golden, sericeous, pubescent hairs. 



Upolu : — Lalomanu, Aleipata, 1 specimen (holotype), xi.l924 (Buxton & 

 Hopkins). 



Tutuila :— 1 specimen, 13.X.1918, alt. 1,000 ft. (Kellers). 

 Savage Island : — ^Niue : 1 specimen, 6.viii.l918 (Kellers). 



