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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



summo apice leviter infuscatae ; scapus elongatus, leviter obconicus, sublaevis, 

 apice infra leviter dentatus spina snbbasali minuta, articulo 3° longior. Pro- 

 thorax latitudine basali vix longior, in medio dilatatus lateribus rotundatis, 

 undique dense profunde punctatus absque linea media laevi. Scutellum 

 obtuse rotundatum, nigricans. Elytra pronoto haud latiora, ad basin truncata 

 humeris distinctis, apice conjunctim rotundata, profunde punctata punctis 

 apicem versus minoribus, flavo-brunnea et maculis irregularibus albido-setosulis 

 variegata. Femora fusca, apice valde clavata. Corpus undique setulis 

 adpressis albidis remote conspersum. 

 Long, corporis 3 mm. 



A single specimen. Upolu : Malololelei, 2000 ft., 22.xi.1924. 



34. Odontorhabdus teretiscapus, sp. n. 



Fere undique setulis adpressis albidis remote conspersus, profunde rude 

 punctatus, nigricans, antennis, scapo excepto, margineque apicali pronoti 

 brunneis ; elytra maculis irregularibus flavescente-pilosis ornata. Oculi 

 superiores ab antennis remoti, margine pronoti fere obtecti. Antennae corpore 

 paullo longiores ; scapus articulo 3° longior, leviter arcuatus, fere cylindricus, 

 ad basin ante spinam profunde constrictus, apice infra dentatus. Prothorax 

 leviter transversus, utrinque rotundatus, subglobosus, undique rude, aequaliter 

 punctatus. Scutellum parvum nigrum. Elytra ad basin truncata humeris 

 distinctis, pronoti medio angustiora, apicem versus parum angustata, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, dense punctata, sutura costato-elevata postice 

 latiore. Femora valde clavata, postica apicem elytrorum superantia. 



Long, corporis 3 m. 



One specimen, Upolu : Malololelei, 2000 ft., vi.1924. 

 Perhaps only a colour aberration of 0. flavicornis. 



Key to the Males op Odontorhabdus. 



A. First joint of antennae not dentate or angulate on under side at apex. Pronotum 

 somewhat narrower in middle than elytra at base, finely and irregularly punctured, with 

 median line glossy and nearly smooth. 



(a) Antennae, legs and prothorax with long (erect) hairs. First joint of 

 antennae strongly obconical, nearly pyriform, unarmed on upper 

 side. Upper eyes distinctly elongate, oblique, anteriorly 

 approximated ......... 0. rechingeri Auriv. 



