CERAMBYCIDAE. 



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nitida, fere nuda, ad basin irregulariter punctata, apice laevia haud punctata, 

 inter basin et apicem profunde punctato-striata interstitiis laevibus nitidis, 

 pone medium guttis 9-10 albo- vel flavido-tomentosis serie transversa sub- 

 duplice ordinatis ornata, interdum etiam guttis 1-2 ante medium instructa. 

 Pectus utrinque rude punctatum. Abdomen laeve, nitidum. Tarsi supra dense 

 albido-pubescentes. 



Long, corporis 11-14 mm. 



Three males from Upolu : Malololelei, 2000 ft., 24.ii., 22.iii.1924, 21.iv.1925 

 (Buxton and Hopkins) ; one female from Savaii : Safune, in the rain forest, 

 2000-4000 ft., 2. v. 1924 (Bryan). 



Var. fuscipennis, var. n. 



A forma typica differt elytris fuscis (baud aenescentibus) guttis tomentosis 

 minoribus et paucioribus staturaque paullo minore. 



Five males from Tutuila : two in the centre of the island, 900-1200 ft., 

 vi., xii.1918 (Kellers) ; one, Pago Pago, 22.ix.1923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



This species is undoubtedly endemic on the Samoan Is. 



18. Oopsis semigranosa Fairm. 



Oopsis semigranosus Fairmaire, Pet. Nouv. Ent., 2, p. 289, 1879 ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6), 1, p. 475, 



1881. 



Two males, one female. Upolu : Apia, l.xi.1925 (Buxton and Hopkins). 

 Tutuila : Amauli, 9.vi.23 (Swezey and Wilder). 



19. Oopsis nutator F. 



Lamia nutator Fabricius, Mant. Ins., 1, p. 142, 1787 ; Lamia nutator Oliv., Ent., 7, 67, p. 118, 

 t. 14, fig. 102, 1792 ; Oopsis nutator Fairm., Rev. Zool. (2), 2, p. 116, 1850 ; Oopsis nutator 

 Lacord., Gen. Col., 9, p. 619, t. 104, fig. 2, 1872 ; Oopsis nutator Auriv., Denkschr. K. Ahad. 

 Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Kl, 89, p. 693, 1913. 



Ten specimens. Upolu : Apia, 2, 8, 31.iii.1924 (Armstrong) ; Apia, 

 iii.-v.1924, xi.1925 ; Malololelei, 25.ii.1924 ; Lalomanu xi.1924 (Buxton and 

 Hopkins). Tutuila : Pago Pago, 6.24.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder), iv.1918 

 (Kellers) ; Amauli, 6.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



A widely distributed, but somewhat variable species. 



