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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



shorter, much less angulate, and the picture would, I think, preclude its being 

 considered the female of any other species referred to this genus. 



22. Jassus fijianus, n. sp. 



Head narrower than pronotum ; eyes large ; vertex narrow, widening from 

 base to front, scarcely longer than width of the eyes and but little longer than 

 at base ; front narrow, contracted at clypeus ; clypeus broadly carinate, long, 

 twice as long as width, broadening toward the apex ; pronotum short, scarcely 

 longer than vertex, distinctly granulate, hind border concave ; scutellum 

 sparsely granulate on the basal part, apical part elevated ; elytra \vith the 

 veins not granulate, and faintly marginate with punctures. 



Female, last ventral segment elongate, slightly produced and rounded on 

 the hind border. Colour dark brown ; front border of vertex, ocelH, basal part 

 of frons, a few transverse arcs and some other indistinct maculae on the elytra, 

 fuscous ; disc of vertex, pronotal and scutellar granules and marginal dots and 

 dashes on elytral veins, yellowish. Beneath yellowish, legs tinged with brown. 



Length, 7 mm. 



One specimen (holotype) Fiji, Lau, Kambara, 23.viii.1924, Bryan. 

 ■ This species can hardly be considered a member of the Samoan fauna and 

 there does not appear to have been any member of this genus recorded from 

 Samoa. 



Genus Jassoidula, new genus. 



Nearly related to Jassus and having considerable resemblance to Neocoelidia 

 but with produced head, which is extended distinctly beyond the margin of the 

 eyes, large eyes and very large, conspicuous ocelli located half-way between eyes 

 and tip of vertex. These are fairly distinct differences from either Jassus or 

 Neocoelidia. 



The male plates seem to offer a distinctive character as they are very much 

 expanded posteriorly and appear in position very much Hke the expanded 

 pygofer, but close examination indicates that the oedeagus is a slender structure 

 within these plates or outer claspers and the pygofer is a much reduced structure 

 lu'dden from below by the expanded plates. Valve apparently wanting or 

 covered. Elytra with five apical cells. Antennae quite long. Genotype : 

 Jassoidula straminea. 



