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III, imperfect. Pronotum : lengtli -60 mm., width at base 1-06 mm,, moderately 

 convex, lateral margins subcarinate, straight, anterior angles sloping low and 

 beneath the eyes ; disc, scutellum and clavus finely but distinctly rugulose 

 punctate. Scutellum moderately convex, mesoscutum exposed. Dorsum 

 clothed with yellowish simple pubescence, intermixed on clavus and corium 

 with silvery sericeous pubescence. Hemielytra sloping down at the sides, as 

 viewed from the side the embolar margin sHghtly arcuate ; cuneus and mem- 

 brane strongly deflexed, areoles normal. Legs of normal length, hind femora 

 subinflated on middle, but apex compressed as viewed from above. AxoUa and 

 genital claspers in form rather similar to known species of Psallus. 



Length 2-7 mm., width 1-8 mm. ; embolar margins more strongly 

 arcuate than in the male. Head : width -74 mm., vertex -30 mm. Antennae : 

 segment I, length -26 mm. ; II, 1-12 mm., more slender on basal half than in 

 the male, pale, apical one- third blackish ; III, -44 mm., slender, fuscous ; 



IV, -39 mm., fuscous. Pronotum : length -65 mm., width at base 1-17 mm. 

 Form of legs, pubescence, and rugulose-punctate character of the dorsum very 

 similar to that of the male ; colour of head, pronotum and legs more brownish. 



Tutuila : — Leone Road : 1 specimen (holotype), from Eugenia, 7.ix.l923 

 (Swezey & Wilder) ; 1 specimen, 21.vi.l918, alt. 1,070 ft., eastern end of island ; 

 1 specimen, 30.vi.l918, alt. 900-1,200 ft., centre of island (Kellers) ; Pago 

 Pago : 1 specimen, 30.ix.l923 (Swezey & Wilder). 



Upolu : — Tuaefu : Sliding Rock, 1 specimen, 16.ix.l923 (Swezey & Wilder) ; 

 Malololelei : 2,000 ft., 1 specimen, vi.l924, 1 specimen, 19.vi.l924, 1 specimen, 

 30.xi.l924. 



5. Psallus rubromaculosus, sp. n. 



Distinguished from known species by the red spotted appearance of the 

 dorsal aspect ; size and colour suggestive of a Parthenicus, but the head is 

 shorter and broader, also the first antennal segment is very short. 



Colour. — Pale yellowish and marked with red ; pronotum, scutellum and 

 hemielytra rather evenly but sparsely spotted with moderately large, bright 

 red hypodermal spots ; cuneus pale on basal half and chiefly red on distal half ; 

 head pale above, eyes and lower face red ; antennae yellowish, segment I 

 reddish, last two segments dusky yellow to fuscous. Membrane fuscous, 

 narrowly bordering apex of cuneus and a spot behind this near margin, pale. 

 Sides of thorax and venter reddish to fuscous, lower margin of propleura and 



