,8 , V' :." ' ' INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



but that species is larger, with the elytra more finely striate, and the sutural 

 interval is provided with a short but distinct mucro. 

 " Samoa " (O'Connor), iii.-viii.1921, 1 example 



u 9. Colpodes hopkmsi, sp. n. 



Length : 11-0 mm. Width : 4-3 mm. 



Brown : head, disk of prothorax, and side margins of elytra a little darker, 

 elytra with faint bluish-green reflection. (Text-fig. 5.) 



Head slightly convex, neck a little constricted, surface smooth, uneven in 

 front, the foveae short and rather shallow, eyes large and moderately prominent, 



antennae short and slender, joint 3 a little longer 

 than 4. Prothorax convex, cordate, a fourth 

 wider than head and as much wider than long, 

 extremities finely bordered, base a little wider 

 than apex, its sides somewhat oblique, apex 

 slightly emarginate, front angles only a little 

 rounded, sides finely bordered and reflexed, 

 almost forming an obtuse angle just before 

 middle, gently sinuate just before base, hind 

 angles a little obtuse, reflexed, but not rounded ; 

 median line and transverse impressions distinct, 



^ , , , , . though not deep, basal foveae deep and rounded. 

 Text-fig. 5. — Colpodes nopJctnst, . . 



gp surface uneven along margins, some famt trans- 



verse striation on disk. Elytra moderately 

 convex, two-thirds wider than prothorax, and three-fourths longer than 

 wide, shoulders oblique, the sides slightly emarginate at middle and again 

 behind, apex narrowly truncate, the sutural angle with a short and not very 

 sharp mucro ; striae fine, cleanly cut, impunctate, scutellary stride deeper, 

 6 depressed for a short distance a little behind shoulder, 5 much deeper 

 at base ; intervals nearly flat, 7 narrowing close to base, 3 with three pores, 

 first at a fifth, adjoining stria 3, second and third at a half and four-fifths, 

 adjoining stria 2, surface smooth, with two slight depressions on each side, one 

 just before middle, the other at apical third. Microsculpture of elytra fine, 

 formed by a reticulation of slightly transverse meshes, hardly visible on head 

 and prothorax. Under side smooth, metepisterna elongate. Tibiae bisulcate, 

 mesotibiae outwardly carinate towards apex ; meso- and metatarsi feebly 



