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convex beneath. Legs slender, femora thicker near base and tapering to more 

 slender at apex, posterior margins bearing fine but rather long hairs ; tibiae 

 with very slender spines, only poorly distinguished from hairs. 



Upolu :— Malololelei : $ specimen (type), 2,000 ft,, 25. xi. 1924 (Buxton & 

 Hopkins). 



Subfamily CYLAPINAE. 



8. Fulvius samoanus, sp. n. 



In the key to Fulvius by Poppius (1910) this species runs to F. oxymrenoides 

 Reut., but differs at least in the dark brown femora and dusky brown tibiae. 



Colour. — Dark brown to blackish, apical one-fourth of second antennal 

 segment and apex of embolium white, basal one-fourth of hemielytra pale. 

 Legs dark brown, tibiae and tarsi pale dusky brown. Membrane and veins 

 uniformly light fuscous. The white spot at apex of embolium extends for half 

 its width upon outer apical angle of corium, but scarcely penetrates beyond 

 fracture at base of cuneus. 



Structure. — Length 3-2 mm., width 1-04 mm. Head : width -52 mm., 

 vertex -26 mm. ; length of head in front of eyes -24 mm. ; vertex with a slight 

 depression on median line. Rostrum (imbedded on card) can be traced as far 

 as hind margins of posterior coxae ; first segment reaching to pronotal collar. 

 Antennae : segment I, length -34 mm., extending for half its length beyond tip 

 of tylus, thickness -086 mm., more slender at base ; II, -86 mm., slightly thicker 

 on apical half ; III, -36 mm., slender ; IV, broken. Pronotum : length along 

 median line -41 mm., width at base -87 mm. ; basal margin transverse for half 

 its width, then curving sharply posteriorly to each basal angle ; calli large, 

 distinctly swollen, separated by an impressed median line. Dorsum clothed 

 with very fine short pubescence. 



Upolu : — ^Malololelei : 2 specimens (including holotype), iv.l924 (Buxton & 

 Hopkins) ; 1 specimen, vi.l924, 1 specimen, 28.vi.1924. 



9, Fulvius buxtoni, sp. n. 



Allied to F. variegatus Popp. and very similar in coloration, but differs in 

 essential details ; distinguished by the shorter rostrum, which does not extend 

 beyond third ventral segment, also differs in the shorter second antennal 

 segment ($), which does not equal basal width of pronotum. 



