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58. Reduviolus capsiformis (Germ.). 



Nobis capsiformis Germar, Silbermann Rev. Ent., V, p. 132, 1837. 

 Reduviolus innotatus B. White, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), XX, p. 112, 1877. 

 Reduviolus, sp. ? Kirkaldy, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, XXXIII, p. 366, 1908. 

 Reduviolus capsiformis Reuter, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., XV, p. 114, 1908 (synonymy). 

 Reduviolus capsiformis Kirkaldy, Faun. Hawaii, Hemipt., Suppl., p. 546, 1909. 



Samoa : — 1 adult and 1 larva, iii.-viii. 1921 (O'Comior). 



Upolu : — Apia : 8 specimens, on " Bermuda grass and Sporobolus," 

 12.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 1 specimen, i.l924, 2 specimens, ii.l924, 3 

 specimens, iii.1924, 1 specimen, vi. 1924 ; Malololelei : 1 specimen, 24.ii. 1924 ; 

 2,000 ft., 1 specimen, 12. iii.1924, 1 specimen, 25.iv.1924, 4 specimens, vi.l924, 



1 specimen, 20. vi. 1924, 1 specimen, 28. vi. 1924, 1 specimen, 21.iv.l925, 1 specimen, 

 28. xi. 1924, 2 specimens, vii.1925 (Wilder) ; Lalomanu : 1 specimen, xi.l924 ; 

 Afiamalu : 1 specimen, 11. vii.1925 (Wilder). 



Savaii : — 1,000 ft., 1 specimen, 21. xi. 1924 ; Tuasivi : 1 specimen, 9.ii.l924 ; 

 Safune : 1 specimen, 4.V.1924 (Bryan) ; Lower Forest, 1,000-2,000 ft., 2 speci- 

 mens, 5.V.1924 (Bryan). 



Tutuila :--Pago Pago : 0-300 ft., 4 specimens, iv.l918 (Kellers) ; 760-900 ft., 



2 specimens, iv.l918 (Kellers) ; 4 specimens, 20.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Manua Is. : — Tau : 2 specimens, " grass," 27. ix. 1923 (Swezey). 



The Samoan specimens agree very well with the type of the Hawaiian R. 

 innotatus B. White, which is apparently teneral. Reuter has identified this 

 species with the almost cosmopolitan R. capsiformis Germar. With this I 

 am not entirely in agreement, for, although as pointed out by Reuter this species 

 is very variable, it seems more than probable that several subspecies, at least, 

 are involved. Apart from the question of pterygo-dimorphism, the Pacific 

 Island forms differ markedly from the typical Mediterranean and South African 

 form in the much smaller size of the membrane. The hind femur and the second 

 antennal segment in the Samoan specimens are distinctly longer than in Hawaiian 

 specimens, although the shape of the male parameres is the same. 



In the Pacific region this species occurs in Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga, Savage Is. 

 (Nine), Tahiti and Raiatea. 



59. Reduviolus annulipes, sp. n. (Text-fig. 28). 



Colour. — and Head greyish pubescent, with a broad dark brown stripe 

 down each side in front of and behind the eye and including buccula and antenni- 



