HETEROMERA, MALACODERMATA, ETC. 



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Family : ANTHICIDAE. 

 Pic, Col. Cat. (Junk, pars 36), 1911. 

 24. Anthicus oceanicus Laferte. 

 Monogr. Anthic, p. 170, 1848. 



Upolu : Apia, 19.ix.1923, 1 example (Swezey and Wilder). 



With type locality Marquesas Is., the species has a wide oceanic distribu- 

 tion, being represented in the Museum Collection by specimens from Hawaii, 

 Society Is., Cocos Keeling Is., China, Ceylon, and the Seychelle Is. 



Family : MORDELLIDAE. 

 Csiki, Col. Cat. (Junk, pars 63), 1915. 

 25. Mordella novemguttata Montrouzier. 

 Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon, vii, p. 33, 1855. 

 Upolu : Apia, 31 .i. 1925, 1 example. 



Eepresented in the British Museum by specimens from Borneo, the 

 Philippine Is., etc. 



The single specimen before me differs a little from the typical forms (taken 

 on Woodlark Is.) in having the anal style black, with the base covered with 

 white pubescence, and the last two ventral segments clothed at the base only 

 with similar pubescence. The type is described as having the anal style fulvous, 

 and examples from Borneo and Singapore agreeing in this respect have the last 

 two ventral segments entirely clothed with fulvous pubescence. The present 

 form with black cauda is represented in the British Museum by examples from 

 N. Luzon, Sibuyan, and Sumba Is. 



Mordellistena Costa. 



The Samoan representatives of this widely spread genus, which includes a 

 considerable number of species, may, so far as regards the material before me, 

 be separated as follows : 



1. (10) Unicolorous. 



2. (9) Castaneous brown, size larger. 



3. (6) Eyes narrow ; 4th joint of antennae similar to 5tli ; comb formula 



5 : 4.2.2. 



