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34. Orthaea limbata (Stal). 



Pamera limbata Stal, Enum. Hemipt., IV, p. 149, 1874. 



Orthaea limhata Kirkaldy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. 357, 1908. 



Savaii : — Salailiia : Lowlands to 1,000 ft., 5 specimens, 16.V.1924; Lower 

 Forest 1,000-2,000 ft., 4 specimens, 17.V.1924, 1 specimen, 20.V.1924, 1 specimen, 

 21.V.1924 (Bryan); Safune : Lowlands to 1,000 ft., 1 specimen, 30.iv.l924 

 (Bryan) ; Rain Forest, 2,000-4,000 ft., 1 specimen, 3.V.1924, 4 specimens, 4.V.1924 

 (Bryan) ; Lower Forest, 1,000-2,000 ft.,1 specimen, 5.V.1924, 1 specimen, 11. v.1924 

 (Bryan) ; 1,000 ft., 1 specimen, 21.xi.l925. 



Tutuila :— 1,000-1,200 ft., 1 specimen, xii.1918 (Kellers). 



Previously recorded from Fiji and Samoa and also occurs in Savage Is. 

 (Nine), 16.viii.l918, Kellers. 



Apparently absent from Upolu. 



35. Orthaea nigriceps (Dallas), 



RhyparoeJiromus nigriceps Dallas, List Hemipt. Brit. Mus., II, p. 577, 1852. 

 Orthaea nigriceps Kirkaldy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. -358, 1908. 

 Pamera nigriceps Cheesman, Trans. Ent. Soc. T^ond., 1927, p. 157, 1927. 



Upolu : — Apia : 1 specimen, 10.ix.l922 (Armstrong) ; 1 specimen, xii.1924, 

 1 specimen, i.l925 ; Aleipata : 1 specimen, iv.l924 ; Malololelei : 2 specimens, 

 5.i.l924 (Armstrong) ; 1 specimen, vii.1925 (Wilder) ; Mulifanua : 2 specimens, 

 I6.vii.l925 (Wilder). 



Savaii : — Fagamalo : 2 specimens, xi.l925. 



Tutuila : — Pago Pago : 0-300 ft., 1 specimen, iv.l918 (Kellers). 



Manua Is : — Tau : 1 specimen, 27. ix. 1923, " grass " (Swezey). 



Previously recorded from Philippines (?), Fiji, Tahiti, Raiatea, Hawaii, 

 New Zealand and N.S. Wales. 



Judging by material in the British Museum collection, this species is some- 

 what variable and is probably composite. The type specimen is from the 

 Sandwich Is. (Hawaii) and differs considerably from the Southern Pacific 

 specimens collected in Fiji, Samoa, and Tahiti which more nearly approach 

 0. andreivsi Dist. occurring on Christmas 1. 



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