1,14 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Total length, 9-5 mm. Breadth across humeral angles, 2-7 mm. 

 1 $ (type), Samoa, iii.-viii.1921 (O'Connor). 



General appearance of a black Leptocoris with a shining blue-black head. 



Text-fig. 11. — Nesostethus niger, sp. n. : dorsal view (legs omitted); 



but ocelli and venation of membrane indicate its position in the Lygaeidae. 

 The generic position of this species is a matter of some doubt. Stal has split 

 up the old genus Lygaeus into numerous genera and subgenera, based mainly 



