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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



middle, and the club of the femora light brownish. Specimens from the Samoan 

 Is. are darker, with the club of the posterior femora blackish, the antennae 

 distinctly ringed with brown, and the pronotum on each side with a broad 

 blackish stripe ; the stripes are usually united with each other at the base and 

 apex. 



7. Glaucytes aureosignata, sp. n. 



Nigra, haud vel vix aenescens, elytris ad basin plus minusve brunnescentibus ; 

 femoribus ad basin runs. Corpus supra signaturis aureo-tomentosis ornatum, 

 infra dense griseo-pubescens medio metasterni abdominisque nudis. Caput 

 supra aureotomentosum, in vertice macula nuda nitida triangula ornatum, 

 genis temporibusque griseo-albidis, pilosulis. Pronotum aureo-quadrivittatum 

 vittisque tribus nitidis nudis nigris parce et remote punctulatis ornatum, leviter 

 conicum lateribus subrectis angulis posticis leviter incurvis. Scutellum nigrum 

 utrinque griseo-pubescens. Elytra subtrigona, apicem versus angustata, apice 

 oblique truncata angulis dentatis, suturalibus retrorsum magis productis, 

 subseriatim discrete punctata interstitiis laevibus, nitidis, ad basin et circa 

 scutellum flavescente tomentosa, deinde vitta lata impressa suturali maculisque 

 tribus magnis impressis seriatis aureo-tomentosis, insuper pone humerum 

 macula simili laterali haud impressa ornata. Episterna metathoracis onmino 

 pube densa aureo-mutante vestita. 



Long, corporis 11-13 mm. 



Antennae corpore multo longiores ; articulus ultimus elongatus, 

 paenultimo longior, apice curvatus. Femora postica apicem elytrorum 

 superantia. 



Antennae corpore vix longiores ; articulus ultimus parum elongatus, 

 paenultimo haud longior, rectus. Femora postica apicem elytrorum haud 

 superantia. 



Three males and five females, Malololelei, Upolu, 2000 ft., 5.L, 18.iv.1924 ; 

 one specimen, Apia, iv.1924. 



Nearly allied to Glaucytes grafhica Boisd., and perhaps only a local race 

 of that species. Easily distinguished by the colour of the tomentum and 

 probably also by the sculpture. 



No species of the Genus Glaucytes was hitherto known to occur in the 

 Samoan Is. 



