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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Wings decidedly brownisli. Second basal cell ending slightly before middle 

 of wing, and longer than first basal cell by about length of its terminal cross- 

 vein. Cubital and discal veins nearly straight, only gradually and slightly 

 diverging. Halteres yellow, with somewhat dusky knob. 



Resembling cJ, but abdomen pointed, ending in a pair of short, narrow 

 papillae ; abdominal pubescence extremely short and inconspicuous. Front 



Text-fig. 2. — Drapetis savaiiensis, sp. n. Wing of (J. 



legs with less distinctive bristles, coxae with yellowish bristles of which a more 

 brownish basal bristle is the most conspicuous ; femora with only 2-3 yellow 

 bristles beneath at base ; tibiae apparently simple. 

 Length perhaps slightly over 1 mm. 



Savaii : Salailua, rain forest, 2,000-4,000 feet, 1 (^, 1 $ (types), 23.V.1924 ; 

 same locahty, 1 $ (paratype), 17. v. 1924 (Bryan). Type in Bishop Museum, 

 Honolulu. 



PIPUNCULIDAE. : 



In the material brought back from Samoa by Messrs. Buxton and Hopkins, 

 the Pipunculidae are represented by two species of Pipunculus. One of these 

 belongs to a small, distinct group, of which species are known to occur in Fiji, 

 North Queensland and possibly Formosa ; the other, owing to the bad condition 

 of the single available specimen, and our lack of knowledge of the group, 

 characters for all described species outside the Palaearctic Region, cannot be 

 given its correct place among those species and is left without a name. 



