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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



12. Leptoglossus australis (F.). 



Cunex australis Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 708, 1775. 



Lygaeus australis Fabricius, Ent. Syst., VI, p. 140, 1794. 



Theognis australis Mayr, Reise Freg. Novara, Hemipt., p. 104, 1866. 



Leptoglossus australis Stal, Hemipt. Fabr., I, p. 51, 1868. 



Leptoglossus australis Cheesman, Trans. Ent. Sac. London, 1927, p. 155, 1927. 



Upolu : — Apia : 2 specimens, 10.xii.l921, 1 specimen, 18.V.1922, 1 specimen, 

 5.x.i922, 4 specimens, 7.X.1922, 2 larvae, 17.ii.l924 (Armstrong) ; 1 specimen, 

 27.ii.1924, 5 specimens, iv.l924, 1 specimen, viii.1924, 1 specimen, 6.ii.l925 (Pest 

 of Cucurbits No. 723), 3 specimens, v.1925 ; Mulifanua : 1 specimen, 10.i.l923 

 (Armstrong). 



Recorded from New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti, and Bora Bora. 

 Mr. Hopkins states that this species is injurious to Cucurbitaceae. 



Subfamily Alydinae. 



13. Leptocorisa varicornis (F,). 



Gerris varicornis Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng., p. 260, 1803. 



Leptocorisa flavida Guerin, Voy. Coq. Ins., p. 178, pi. 12, fig. 12, 1830. 



Coreus {Stenocephalus) varicornis Burmeister, Nova. Acta. Ac. Leop., XVI, SuppL, p. 298, 1834. 

 Myodochus varicornis Burmeister, Handb. Ent., II, p, 325, 1835. 

 Leptocorisa chinensis Dallas, List. Hemipt. Het. Brit. Mus., II, p. 483, 1852. 

 Leptocorisa varicornis Dallas, torn, cit., p. 484, 1852. 



Leptocorisa acuta Kirkaldy {nec Thunberg), Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. 353, 1908. 

 Leptocorisa varicornis China, Bull. Ent. Research, XIV, pt. 3, p. 237, figs. 5 and 6, 1924. 



Upolu : — Apia : 1 specimen, 12.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 2 specimens, 

 10.iv.l924, 1 specimen, 4.V.1924 (Armstrong) ; 1 specimen, 13.4.1925, 7 specimens, 

 viii.1925 (No. 763) ; Malololelei : 1 specimen, 2,000 ft., 22.iii.1924 ; Leulumoega : 

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



Savaii : — Safune : Lowlands to 1,000 ft,, 1 specimen, 1. v. 1924 ; Rain Forest, 

 2,000-4,000 ft., 4 specimens, 2 and 4.V.1924 ; Lower Forest, 1,000-2,000 ft., 

 8 specimens, 5.V.1924 ; 2 specimens, 4.V.1924 (Bryan). Salailua : Lower Forest, 

 1,000-2,000 ft. 1 specimen, 17.V.1924, 4 specimens, 22.V.1924 (Bryan). 



Tutuila : — 6 specimens, 760-900 ft., iv.l918, 1 specimen, 30.vi.l918, and 

 1 specimen, 2,141 ft., 22.ix.1918 (Kellers) ; Pago Pago : 4 specimens, 9.ix.l923 

 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 5 specimens, and 1 larva, 12.iv.l924 (Bryan) ; 1 specimen, 

 14.xii.l925 ; Fagasa : 2 specimens, 9.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; Afono 



