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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



densely punctate and not very densely pubescent. Four segments of the 

 abdomen exposed beyond elytra, clothed with a rather scanty flavous 

 pubescence. 



Length : 2| mm. 



Upolu : Malololelei, iv.1924, 1 



In the absence of the it is not possible to determine the position of this 

 species in the genus, but it is probably near C. Rouyeri Pic. 



Family : CLERIDAE. 

 Schenkling, Coleopt. Catal. (Junk, pars 23), 1910. 

 54. Cylidrus cyaneus Fabricius. 

 Mant., i, p. 126, 1787. 



Savaii: Safune, lower forest, 1000-2000 ft., ll.v.1924, 1 example (Bryan). 

 Samoa (Whitmee, 1875). 



A widely distributed species in the tropics of the old world, ranging' from 

 Tahiti to Central Africa. It has been reported to prey upon Xylothrips religiosus 

 Boisd., and probably upon other Bostrychidae. 



55. Tarsostenus univittatus Rossi. 

 Faun. Etrusc, i, p. 147, 1792. 

 Upolu : Apia, v. 1924, 1 example. 



Another cosmopolitan species, known in Europe to be predaceous upon 

 Lyctus spp., which it seems to have followed almost all over the world. 



56. Necrobia rufipes De Geer. 



Mnn., v, p. 165, pi. 15, fig. 4, 1775. 



Upolu: Apia, iv., v., xii.1924 (in dried currants from New Zealand); 

 Malololelei, 28.vi.1924 (Armstrong) ; Aleipata, Lalomanu. 

 Savaii : Fagamalo, 10.ii.1924. 

 Tutuila : Fagatoga, 29.iii.1926 (Judd). 



