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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



41. Aphanus (Elasmolomus) insularis (Kirk.). 



Elasmolomus insularis Kirkaldy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. 360, 1908. 

 Upolu : — Apia : 1 specimen, 9.iii.l924 (Armstrong). 



Previously recorded only from Fiji, but allied to the Philippine species 

 Ajphanus {Elasmolomus) v-album Stal. 



42. Cligenes swezeyi,* sp. n. (Text-fig. 21). 



Colour. — Head bright ferruginous brown with a very sparse whitish 

 pubescence which is longer and more dense apically ; tylus rather paler in 

 colour, eyes dark brown, ocelli yellow very bright and prominent ; antennae 



more or less uniformly fuscous brown 

 covered with a dense moderately long 

 pubescence, the three apical segments 

 also with a few longer erect hairs ; 

 rostrum yellow. Pronotum semi-shining, 

 bright coppery red-brown with a fuscous 

 suffusion on each side of the base of pos- 

 terior lobe above base of corium ; posterior 

 lobe regularly covered with very short 

 silvery hairs arising from punctures ; 

 anterior lobe with a fine regular pubes- 

 cence rather denser than that on the 

 posterior lobe ; propleuron bright velvety 

 red-brown. Scutellum uniformly ferru- 

 ginous brown and sparsely covered with 

 short hairs arising from the punctures ; 

 meso- and meta-pleura shining ferruginous 

 Tkxt-fig. 2l.-Cligenes swezeyi B^.n.-.doxsRl^^ ^j^^ evaporative area dark grey 

 view (legs omitted). . i • • i • i 



brown. Hemielytra whitish-yellow with 



a broad oblique stripe extending inwards and posteriorly from the middle of 

 costal margin and a large brown spot at apical angle of corium which extends 

 along apical margin to another larger brown spot occupying the whole of the 

 inner angle of the corium ; the costal oblique stripe tends to fuse with the 



* This species is dedicated to Mr. 0. H. Swezey, in recognition of his field work in Samoa. 



