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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



and trochanters dark brown ; anterior femora, tibiae and tarsi, cliestnut brown 

 with the apical eighth of femur and extreme base of tibia sordjd white ; base 



Text-fig. 23. — Gardena geniculata, sp. n. : a, dorsal view of head and pronotum ; 

 h, lateral view of same ; c, anterior leg. 



and apex of brown part of femur and tibia, darker ; spines on femora black with 

 brown base. Intermediate and posterior femora pale brown the apices white 



