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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Hawaiian Is., Malay Archipelago, Burma, Ceylon, N. Queensland, Sey- 

 chelles Is., W. Indies, Central America. 



• A minute insect, which probably occurs everywhere near tropical sea- 

 coasts. It was found beneath the leaf-bases of Coco-de-mer (Lodoicea) in the 

 Seychelles by Dr. H. Scott, and has been imported into France in cargoes of 

 Ground-nuts (Arachis) from West Africa. 



In my lately-published volume in the Fauna of British India, (Erotylidae, 

 etc., 1925, p. 150) I referred to this species as Euxestus parki WolL, but, after a 

 re-examination of the type, which is unfortunately in very bad condition, I 

 have formed the opinion that that name most probably belongs to the closely 

 similar species called by me in the same volume E. translucidus. 



49. Eidoreus mlnutus Shp. 



• ■ ■ Trans. B. Dublin Soc. (2), Vol. iii, p. 146, 1885. 



Upolu I. : Apia,, Sept. (Swezey and Wilder). 

 Hawaiian Is., Seychelles Is. 



Three examples of this very tiny insect were taken from amongst Bermuda 

 grass. It was originally discovered in the Hawaiian Is., and afterwards found 

 in the nests of an ant {Pheidole punctulata) in the Seychelles. In recording it 

 from the latter locahty in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9), Vol. x, p. 77, 1922, 

 I expressed the opinion that it would prove to be of wide occurrence. Its 

 extremely extensive distribution is now evident. 



- -. V ENDOMYCHIDAE. 



- 50. Trochoideus desjardmsi Guer. 

 " • ■ - ■ •■ 22ev. Zoo/., 1838, p. 22, 1838. 



U|)olu I. : Apia, Jan. 



Fiji Is. ; Malay Archipelago, Burma, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Madagascar, 

 SeyclLelles Is. 



A single specimen was found in Samoa. The insect is a very strange but 

 common one, which has been found in the nests of both Ants and Termites. 



