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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



agree very well. The above synonymy, which is given to enable students of 

 the Pacific fauna to trace this species in literature, is based on that of Lethierry; 

 Severin and Distant, and is not necessarily accurate. 



Family Pentatomidae. 



Subfamily Scutellerinae. 



3. Calliphara (Lamprophara) bifasciata (White). 



Calliphara bifasciata A. White, CharleswortJi s Maq. Nat. Hist., (2), III, p. 541, 1839. 

 Callidea bifasciata A White, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., Ill, p. 85, 1842. 

 Callidea quadrifera Walker, Gat. Heteropt. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 514, 1868. 

 Calliphara {Lamprophara) bifasciata Stal, Enum. Hemipt., Ill, p. 16, 1873. 

 Lamprophara bifasciata Schouteden, Wyts. Gen. Ins., XXIV, p. 31, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1904. 



Typical form : * — 



Upolu :— Malololelei, 2,000 ft.: 1 specimen, 10.iii.l924, 1 specimen, 18.iv.l925, 

 2 specimens, 14-30. vi. 1924, 1 specimen, vii.1924 ; 1 specimen, 23.iv.1922, and 

 2 specimens, 20. vi. 1924 (Armstrong). 



Tutuila : — Pago Pago : 1 specimen, 30.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Variety quadrifera Walker : — 



Upolu : — Malololelei : 2 specimens, 18.iv.l925 ; 2,000 ft., 3 specimens, 

 14-30.vi.l924, 2 specimens, vii.1924, 2 specimens, 28. xi. 1924 ; 3 specimens, 

 20.vi.l924, and 4 larvae, 23. iv. 1922 (Armstrong). 



Savaii : — Mulifanua : 1 specimen, 9.xi.l925 ; Safune : 1 specimen, 13.V.1924 

 (Bryan). 



Tutuila : — Pago Pago : 1 specimen, 30 .ix. 1923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 1 

 larva, 12.iv.l924 (Bryan). Leone Eoad : 1 larva, 7.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 

 760-900 ft., 1 adult and 1 larva, iv.l918 (Kellers) ; 1,200 ft., 1 larva, 21.vii.l918 

 (Kellers). 



Recorded from Fiji and Samoa. 



In the Samoan material var. quadrifera Walker, is represented only by 

 females, and the typical form only by males. In the Fiji material in the British 

 Museum only var. quadrifera is present, but both sexes are included. 

 The Samoan specimens differ from the Fiji examples in the darlc fuscous venter, 

 and in the indistinctly limited fuscous spot at the middle of the scutellum, and 

 may represent a distinct race. Tlie original locality given by White was, South 

 Sea Islands. 



* This is the form figured by Schouteden and accepted by Kirkaldy as typical. In the 

 original description, however, White does not mention the brown, median, pronotal band. 



