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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



from the typical form, and more nearly approach C. nigrovarius Walker. It is 

 possible that C. nigrovarius is merely the Fijian race of 0. sordidus. 



Subfamily Asopinae (Amyoteinae). 



6. Cantheconidea cyanacantha (Stal). 



Canthecona cyanacantha Stal, Enum. Hem.ipt., I, p. 42, 1870. 



Cantheconidea cyanacantha Schouteden, Wyts. Gen. his., Heteropt., fasc. 52, p. 45, 1907. 

 Canthecona cyanacantha Kirk., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. 347, 1908. 



Upolu : — Apia : 1 specimen, 7.iii.l924, 1 specimen, 28.iv.1925, and 1 speci- 

 men, X.1925, 1,000 ft. ; Malololelei : I specimen, 25.ii.1924, 2.000 ft. ; 1 specimen, 

 iv.l924. 



Savaii : — Safune : 1 specimen. Lower Forest, ll.v.1924 (Bryan). 

 Tutuila :— 1 specimen, 1,000 ft., 25.viii.1918 (Kellers). 

 Previously only recorded from Fiji. 



7. Platynopus (Montrouzierellus) melacanthus (Boisd.). 



Pentatoma melacanthmii. Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Ent., II, p. 628, pi. 2, fig. 7, 1838. 

 Pentatoma fallenii Guerin, Voy. Coquille, Zool., II,. p. 165, pi. 11, fig. 8, 1838. 

 Heteropiis melacanthum Montrouzier, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (4), I, p. 61, 1861. 

 Acanthomera melacantha Montrouzier, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon., (2), XI, p. 226, 1864. 

 Platynopus melacanthus Mayr, Reise Freg. Novara, Hemipt., p. 32, 1866. 

 Platynopus tenellus Walker, Cat. Heteropt. Brit. Mus., I, p. 127, 1867. 

 Canthecona apicalis Vollenhoven, Faun. Ind. Neerl., Ill, p. 6, pi. 1, fig. 3, 1868. 

 Canthecona biguttata Vollenhoven, Faun. Ind. Neerl., Ill, p. 8, pi. 1, fig. 6, 1868. 

 Platynopus melacanthus Stal., Enum. Hemipt., I, p. 40, 1870. 



Platynopus {Acanthomera) melacanthus Schouteden, Wyts. Gen. Ins., fasc. 52, Heteropt., p. 48, 

 pi. 3, fig. 10, 1907. 



Platynopus melacanthus Kirkaldy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. 347, 1908. 

 Platynopus (Montrouzierellus) melacanthus Kirkaldy, Cat. Heteropt., I, p. 11, 1909. 

 Platynopus melacanthus Cheesman, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1927, p. 155. 



Upolu : — Apia : 3 specimens, 19.ii.l923, 8.iii., and 14. vi. 1924 (Armstrong) ; 

 3 specimens, 14. vi. 1924, x.1924, and i.l925 ; Malololelei : 4 specimens, 2,000 ft., 

 22.iii.1924, 15.vii.l924, and xii.1925 ; Aleipata : 1 specimen, iv.l924 ; Leulu- 

 moega : 1 specimen, 14.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Savaii : — Safune : 1 adult and 2 larvae, 12.V.1924 (Bryan). 



Tutuila:— 2 specimens, 760-1,000 ft., iv. and 13.X.1918 (Kellers); Leone 

 Road: 1 specimen, 7.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; Fagasa: 1 specimen, 9.ix.l923 

 (Swezey and Wilder) ; Pago Pago : 2 specimens, 9 and 30.ix.l923 (Swezey and 

 Wilder), 2 specimens, 4.xi.l925, and 2 specimens, 14. xii.1925. 



