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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



46. Xylopsocus castanoptera Fairmaire. 



Apate castanoptera Fairmaire, Rev. Zool. (2), ii, p. 50, 1850 ; Lesne, op. tit., p. 635 {Xylojjsocus) . 

 Samoa (Swale). 



This species, the type of which was obtained in Tahiti, is recorded by Lesne 

 from New Guinea, Sunda Is., Assam, Madagascar, and E. Africa. It also occurs 

 in Hawaii and Fiji. 



Family : ANOBIIDAE. 



Pic, Coleopt. Cat. (Junk, pars 48), 1912. 



47. Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius. 



Em. Syst., i, p. 241, 1792. 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, 9.ix.l923, 1 example (Swezey and Wilder). 

 A cosmopolitan storehouse pest, commonly known as the " Cigarette 

 Beetle " on account of the damage caused by it to dried tobacco. 



Family : LYCIDAE. 

 Melaneros Fairmaire. 

 Fairmaire, Petit Nouv. Ent., ii, p. 173, 1879 ; Journ. Mm. Godeffr., xiv, p. 100, 1879. 



In this genus as originally proposed were placed six species, one stated to 

 have been found in Samoa, while the other five were said to have been met 

 with in Fiji and Tonga Tabu. By the kindness of Herr Hans Gebien and the 

 authorities of the Hamburg Museum, I have been able to examine the types of 

 four of these species, viz. M. acuticollis, M. atroviolaceus, M. quadraticollis, 

 and M. angustiformis ; the types of M. praelongus and M. lugubris apparently 

 cannot now be found at Hamburg. 



The types examined bear the following labels : 

 M. acuticollis, Upolu, No. 6013 (1 $). 



M. atroviolaceus, Upolu, No. 6013 (a series of 2 and 2 $$). 



M. quadraticollis. Three specimens numbered respectively 11399, 4239. 



and 4512, the two former from Tonga, the last without locality. 

 M. angustiformis, Tonga, No. 4239 (1 $). 



