198 '; > \' INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



3. Torma samoanus, sp. n. 



. Allied to T. colae China, but differs in the shorter second antennal segment, 

 which is only equal to width of vertex ($) ; antennae uniformly pale and 

 scutellum entirely fuscous. 



Colour. — Fuscous black, basal edge of vertex, antennae, rostrum, and legs 

 except hind femora, pale yellowish ; scutellum uniformly brownish-black, 

 lateral margins of mesoscutum yellowish. Hemielytra pale translucent, tip of 

 clavus, apex of embolium, and apical half of cuneus, blackish. Membrane 

 clear, veins pale, cubitus fuscous about apex of larger areole. 



Structure.- — Length 1-94 mm., width -97 mm. Head : width -58 mm., 

 vertex -346 mm. Rostrum (imbedded) apparently extending upon hind coxae. 

 Antennae : segment I, length -11 mm. ; II, -346 mm., equal in thickness to 

 segment I but more slender toward base ; III, -20 mm. ; IV, -216 mm. Pro- 

 notum : length -346 mm., width at base -86 mm. Clothed with fine, short, 

 pale to yellowish pubescence. Hind femora large, length -65 mm., width 

 •346 mm., spines of hind tibiae prominent, length of spines about twice the 

 width of tibia. 



Tutuila : 9 (holotype), Leone Road, 24.viii.1926 (Judd). 



4. Psallus samoanus, sp. n. 



Distinguished from known species by the rugulose punctate dorsal surface 

 and the subinflated character of the hind femora. 



Colour. — Dark reddish to fusco-blackish, antennae except apically, tibiae 

 except spots, tarsi and tips of femora pale yellowish ; tibial spines black, 

 arising from dark reddish or black spots ; membrane uniformly fuscous, veins 

 paler, reddish about smaller areole. 



Structure.- — Length 2-8 mm., width 1-25 mm. Head : width -75 mm., 

 vertex '26 mm., base sharply margined but not carinate ; eyes large, finely 

 pubescent, curving back and slightly overhanging anterior angles of pronotum, 

 extending below to ventral side of head, front margins subparallel, forming a 

 quadrangular frons to a point above base of antennae ; frons evenly convex, 

 tylus rather small, forming a nearly even contour with juga, facial angle 

 slightly acute. Antennae : segment I, length -26 mm., just equal to vertex, 

 width -086 mm. ; II, 1-14 mm., thickness -08 mm., nearly equal to segment I 

 but tapering to more slender at base, clothed with short, firm pubescence; 



