CLAVICORNIA AND LAMELLICORNIA. 



65 



West Indies : Grenada. 

 Central America. 



Although formerly supposed to be a species pecuUar to Samoa, this was 

 afterwards found by Schmidt to have, been previously known from Central 

 America but confused with A. liogaster Bates. 



64. Trichiorrhyssemus hirsutus Clouet. 



Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. viii, p. 28, 1901. 



Upolu I. : Apia, Mar., Aug., Nov. 

 Tutuila I. : Pago Pago, April (Kellers). 

 Savaii I. : Fagamalo, Nov. 



Celebes, Philippine Is., Malay Peninsula, Christm.as I., Chusan Archipelago, 

 Ceylon, S. India. 



Hybosorinae. 



65. Phaeochrous emargmatus Cast, 

 Hist. Nat., Vol. ii, p. 109, 1840. 



According to Schmidt {Arch. f. Nat., 88, 10, p. 158, 1922), three specimens 

 were taken by Dr. Friederichs in Upolu. I have seen no Samoan examples, 

 but the insect is extremely abundant and ranges from the Malay Peninsula to 

 Australia. 



RUTELINAE. 



66. Adoretus versutus Har. 



Coleopt. Hefte, Vol. v, p. 124, 1869. 



Upolu I. : Apia, Jan., Apr., May, June, July ; Malololelei, 2000 ft., Nov. 



Tonga Is. : Nukualofa, Feb. ; Vavau, Neiafu, Mar. 



Fiji Is., Java, Seychelles Is., Mauritius, Ceylon, India. 



The damage to crops in Samoa caused by this beetle is the subject of a 

 special report by Friederichs {Zeits. Wiss. Lisectenbiol, BerHn, Vol. x, 2, 

 pp. 41-47, 1914). It is a pest of Cacao and many other crops. 

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