CLAVICOENIA AND LAMELLICOENIA. 



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antennis gracilibiis, 



Malololelei, 2000 ft., June. 



Text-fig. 3. 



-Psammoecus hiapicalis, sp. 

 nov. 



bus fortissime pimctatis, hujus medio valde sulcato ; 

 articulis omnibus, penultimo excepto, elongatis. 



Long : 2-5 mm. ; lat. 1-5 mm. 



Upolu I. : Vailima, Jan. ; Apia, Nov., Feb. 



Tutuila I. : Leone Road, March 

 (Judd). 



Found in abundance. 



The majority of the numerous species 

 composing this genus have the terminal 

 joint of the antenna pale and preceded 

 by from three to five black joints. P. 

 hiapicalis is the only one known to me, 

 except P. raffrayi, Grouv., in which the 

 last two joints are pale. It has no other 

 resemblance to that species, which is quite 

 different in colour and pattern and has 

 much shorter and more coarsely punc- 

 tured elytra, with spinose sides. The 



new species resembles the Seychellean P. simoni, Grouv., but is less closely 

 punctured and more shining, and the antennae, in addition to their different 

 coloration, are much more slender. Occasional examples have the last three 

 antennal joints pale, but at least a trace of pigmentation is usually visible in 

 the 9th joint. 



24. Psammoecus obscurus, sp. n. 



Obscure brunneus, capite, antennarum basi maculaque parva postmediana 

 utriusque elytri rufis, pedibus corporeque subtus fulvis : modice elongatus, 

 nitidus, breviter griseo-pubescens, capite laxe punctato, oculis parvis, pronoto 

 sat crebre punctato, parum convexo, basi hand valde contracto, leviter arcuato, 

 marginibus lateralibus tuberculis minutis 5 utrinque instructis ; elytris ovalibus, 

 fortiter convexis, grosse seriato-punctatis, humeris late rotundatis ; prosterno 

 metasternique lateribus profunde, his grosse punctatis, metasterni medio valde 

 sulcato ; antennis gracilibus, articuhs omnibus, penultimo excepto, elongatis. 



Long : 2-5 mm. ; lat. 1 mm. 



Upolu L : Malololelei, 2000 ft., June. 



Savaii I. : Rain forest, 2000-4000 ft., May (Bryan). 



