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61. Figulus auritus, sp. n. (Text-fig. 13). 



Piceus, laevissimus, nitidus, leviter pruinosus, modice elongatus, capite 

 ]aevi, utrinque tri-tuberculato, lateribus angiilatis, angnlis antice productis : 

 pronoto lato, lateribus antrorsum convergentibus, 

 angnlis anticis sulco lato laevi marginatis, disco 

 antice medio minute dentato, postice longitudi- 

 naliter sulcato, elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, 

 intervallis vix convexis. 



Long, (mandibulis inclusis) 14-17 mm. 



Lat. max. 5- 5-6- 5 mm. 



Upolu : Apia. June to Sept. (Swale). 



Four specimens were taken by Dr. Swale. 

 As usual in this genus, no external sexual difference 

 is visible. 



F. auritus is nearly related to F. foveicollis, 

 Boisd., which inhabits the Fiji Is., but has 

 numerous points of difference. The specimens 

 taken by Dr. Swale are deep reddish-black (but 

 nowhere quite black) in colour, with a slight 



iridescent bloom on the upper surface, which is extremely glossy. The head 

 is very smooth, with only extremely minute scanty punctures. On each side 

 there are three tubercles forming a triangle, the outermost formed by the inner 

 eye-wall, the second in line with the last and the third level with the front edge 

 of the eye. The ocular lobes are angular, as in F. foveicollis, but, instead of 

 being produced outwards, as in that species, they are produced forwards, the 

 outer margin being almost straight, but rounded behind the eye and not angular 

 there, as in F. foveicollis. The pronotum is very short and broad, with the 

 widest part near the base, whence the sides converge forwards. The front 

 angles form blunt lobes with a broadly hollowed margin. The marginal groove 

 is much broader than in F. foveicollis and almost smooth, only a few minute 

 punctures being traceable in its inner portion. There is a minute sharp tooth 

 just behind the front margin in the middle and a median groove upon the 

 posterior part, scarcely reaching the base and containing a few small punctures. 

 The remaining surface of the pronotum is smooth, except for a few minute 

 punctures at the sides. The elytra are decidedly narrower than the pronotum 



Text-fig. 13. — Figulus 

 auritus. 



