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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



5. Bythoscopus buxtoni, n. sp. 



Body elongate ; head as wide as pronotum ; vertex considerably arched, 

 borders parallel ; front flattened, abruptly narrowed from the antennae ; 

 clypeus narrowed toward the apex with polished elevation basally ; lorae small ; 

 margin of cheek sinuate below the eye, subangular at the sides ; pronotum three 

 times as long as vertex ; elytra shiny, sparsely hairy and punctate. 



Female, last ventral segment fully twice as long as preceding, slightly 

 emarginate and very broadly notched at the middle. Pygofers broad, sparsely 

 ciliate. 



Colour : dull greenish ; ocelli red ; elytra hyaUne ; pygofer with a broad 

 fulvous patch either side. 



Female : length, 6-25 mm. 



Described from two specimens : female (holotype) Upolu, Malololelei, 

 2,000 ft., 25.xi.1924, Buxton and Hopkins ; one with same locality, 23.xi.1924, 

 abdomen wanting ; and one female Tutuila, Afono Trail, 9-25-1923, Swezey and 

 Wilder, referred here, but the female pygofer lacks the coloured patch at the 

 side. 



6. Bythoscopus laticeps, n. sp. (Text-fig. 4). 



Broad ; head narrower than 

 pronotum ; vertex very short ; 

 front much broader than long ; 

 antennae under distinct ledges ; 

 cljrpeus half longer than wide ; 

 lorae distinct from margin of 

 cheek ; cheek broad, the mar- 

 gin scarcely sinuate below eye ; 

 pronotum more than twice as 

 wide as length at centre, hind 

 margin truncate ; elytra shghtly 

 longer than abdomen, smooth, 

 minutely punctate. Female, 

 last ventral segment at apex 

 concave; pygofer short, 

 scarcely exceeded by the ovi- 

 positor. 



Text-fig. 4. — Bythoscopus laticeps, n. sp. : a, dorsal view 

 h, face ; c, female genitalia. 



