142 INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



11. Pterolophia latenpicta Faixm. 



Oopsis lateripictus Fairinaire, Pet. Nouv. Ent., 2, p. 290, 1879 ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (6) 1, p. 479, 



1881. 



Three specimens from Upolu : Lalomanu, xi.1924. Two specimens from 

 Tonga : Neiafu, Vavau, 5, 7.iii.l925. 



Var. connexa, var. n. 



A forma typica differt plagis lateralibus fuscis elytrorum intus dilatatis 

 ad suturam connexis. 



Long, corporis 7 mm. 



One specimen from Tutuila : Leone, 24.iii.1926 (Judd). 



12. Ropica, sp. 



A single specimen from Upolu : Malololelei, 2000 ft., 25.ii.1924. 



The incision on the outer side of the middle tibiae is hardly perceptible. 



13. Ropica, sp. 



One specimen, also from Upolu : Malololelei, 14-30.vi.1924. 



Darker and differently coloured, if compared with No. 12, but perhaps the 

 same species. I have not thought it advisable to describe these unique 

 specimens. 



14. Prosoplus samoanus Auriv. 



Prosoplus samoanus Aurivillius, Denkschr. II. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Natunv. Kl., 89, p. 692, 



1913. 



Ten males and five females from Upolu : Apia, 16. ii., 25.vi.1922 (Arm- 

 strong) ; 9.ii., 3, 28.iii., vi., vii., x., xii.1924 (Buxton and Hopkins) ; Malololelei, 

 2000 ft., 22.vi.1924 (Armstrong), vii.1924 ; Aleipata, 10.vi.1924 (Buxton and 

 Hopkins) ; Leulumoega 14.ix.1923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; Lalomanu, xi.1924. 



Only known from Upolu, where it is evidently common. 



