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INSECTS OP SAMOA. 



and not very long. They are not quite so deeply striate as those of F.foveicollis, 

 and the intervals are a little broader and flatter. The apical angles are closely 

 punctured. The prosternal process has a flattened margin surrounding a 

 rounded boss, and the metasternum is less strongly and closely punctured at 

 the sides than that of the Fijian species. 



61a. Figulus fissicollis Fairm. 

 Revue et Mag. Zool., Vol. i, p. 414, 1849. 



Tonga Is. : Vavau, Neiafu, March. 

 Four specimens were collected. 



6lB. Figulus foveicollis Boisd. 



Platycerus foveicollis Boisd., Voyage de V Astrolabe, Coleopt., p. 239, 1832. 

 Tonga Is. : Vavau, Neiafu, March. 



One specimen was taken together with those of the preceding species. 



SCARABAEIDAE. 



Aphodiinae. 



62. Aphodius lividus Ohv. 

 Scarahaeus lividus, Oliv., Entom., Vol. i, pt. 3, p. 86, 1789. 



Upolu I. : MaloloIeJei, 2000 ft., June, Nov. ; Apia, Sept. (Swezey and 

 Wilder). 



Savaii I., Aug. 



Tonga Is. : Nukualofa, Feb. 



This is an extremely abundant insect, of worldwide distribution. 



63. Ataenius orbicularis Schm. 



Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Vol. Ixxxix, p. 697, 1914; Das Tierreioh, Aphodiinae, p. 433; 



1922. 



Upolu I. : Apia, May, Nov, 

 Hawaiian Is. 



