HEMIPTERA— HETEKOPTERA. 



12i 



transverse depression behind tlie pronotal scars, lateral margins more distinctly 

 concave ; disc less regularly punctate. Scutellum more fiat than in G. pacijicus 

 the yellow laevigate area much less elevated. Apical abdominal tergite over- 

 lapping pygophor, more strongly narrowed apically than in G. pacificus, not at 

 all truncate apically. Pilosity of venter in male much shorter and less dense 

 than in G. pacificus. 



Text-fig. 14. — ^Lateral view of head and thorax of : a, Germalus samoamis, sp. n. ; 



b, Germalus buxtoni, sp. n. 



Total length : (^5.4 mm., $ 5-7 mm. Breadth across humeral angles : 

 1-6 mm., 5 1-7 mm. 



Upolu : — Apia : 1 specimen, 13.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 2 specimens, 

 ii.1924,1 specimen, xii. 1924, 1 specimen, i.l925, 1 specimen, 28. iv. 1925, 1 specimen, 

 V.1925 ; Malololelei : 1 larva, 24. ii. 1924, 1 specimen, iv.l924, 2 specimens, 

 25.iv.1924, 1 specimen, 2,000 ft., 17.vi.l924, 1 specimen, 2,000 ft., 14-30.vi.l924, 

 1 specimen, 2,000 ft., 23. xi. 1924, 3 specimens, 18.iv.l925, 1 specimen, 2,000 ft., 



