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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



xii.1925 (type) ; 2 specimens, 20. vi. 1924 (Armstrong) ; Vailima : 1 specimen, 

 25.X.1924; Mulifanua : 1 specimen, 16.vii.l925 (Wilder) ; 1 specimen, 760-900 ft., 

 iv.l918. 



Tiitdla :— Centre of Island: 900-1,200 ft., 30.vi.l918, 1 specimen, 

 21.vii.l918, 1 specimen, 1,000 ft., 25. viii. 191 8 (Kellers) ; Pago Pago : 1 specimen, 

 18.iv.l924 (Bryan) ; 1 specimen, 13.ix.l922 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Manua :— Tan, 1 larva, 20.ii.l926 (Judd). 



Allied to the Fijian G. pacificus Kirk, but differs in the longer more porrect 

 head, larger eyes, less transverse pronotum, less convex scutellum, narrower 

 eighth tergite in the male, shorter and less dense pilosity on venter of male, 

 absence of two black longitudinal stripes on dorsum of abdomen, presence of 

 dark spot on each side of median stripe of pronotum, etc. 



30. Germalus buxtoni,* sp. n. (Text-figs. 14, 15, and 16). 



• Colour. — Head pale yellow, a narrow longitudinal percurrent stripe down 

 middle (sometimes dilated in middle to form a fuscous cross band), a small 

 spot on each side of apex of tylus, a variable short oblique spot on each side of 

 head extending inwards from base of antenna, and a triangular spot on each side of 

 base of head, each with its apex surrounding ocellus (these last two spots usually 

 fusing with the median stripe along the basal margin), black ; eyes red, first 

 antennal segment pale yellow apical third fuscous dorsally, remaining segments in- 

 fuscate, the apical third of second segment sometimes pallid ; rostrum pale yellow, 

 its apex infuscate. Pronotum pale sordid yellow, an obscure median percurrent 

 longitudinal stripe, dilated into a distinct spot at the anterior and posterior 

 margins and sometimes in middle, a pair of irregular spots at each humeral angle 

 enclosing an irregular pallid spot on the posterior margin adjoining the actual 

 angle, dark brown ; punctures fuscous causing a more or less fuscous suffusion 

 around pronotal scars and in middle of disc of posterior lobe ; lateral carina pale 

 yellow except at base where it is suffused by the fuscous humeral spot. Scutellum 

 fuscous with the usual yellow Y-shaped laevigate area extending to apex of 

 scutellum. Pro-, meso- and meta-pleura pale fulvous suffused with black ; 

 punctures fuscous ; the ambulacral areas, the posterior margins of pleura and the 

 posterior lateral angle of meta-pleuron whitish-yellow ; meso-sternum pale sordid 

 yellow. Hemielytra including membrane similar to those in G. samoanus but 

 infuscation of clavus restricted to anal margin, claval commissure and punctures 



* Dedicated to Mr. P. A. Buxton the senior collector. 



