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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Length (head excl.) : 2-0-2-6 mm. 

 A series from : 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, xii.1924 (type); also obtained in ix.1923 (Swezey 

 and Wilder) ; 900-1200 ft., vi., and 760-900 ft., iv. (Kellers). Upolu : Apia, 

 v.1924 (Bryan) ; ix.1923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; Tuaefa and Leulumoega, ix.1923 

 (Swezey and Wilder) ; Vailima, i.1925 ; Malololelei, 2000 ft., vi.1924. Manua 

 Is. : Tau, ii.1926 (Judd). 



8. Araecerus sublevis, sp. n. 



Nearest to A. greenwoodi Jord., I.e., p. 246, of Fiji. Surface-structure less 

 obsolete. Pronotum reticulate-coriaceous, but the reticulation less regular and 

 very much less distinct than in A. eudelus, sp. n., angle of carina a little smaller 

 than 90°, i.e. much less acute than in A. eudelus, on each side of disk of pronotum 

 a large brown patch, which is variable and usually extends backwards and 

 forwards laterally. Elytra elongate as in A. eudelus, with the following variable 

 brown markings : a spot each on shoulder, on subbasal swelling and behind it, 

 a streak on anterior half of suture, an interrupted or nearly complete band 

 below middle and another in front of apical declivity, the markings sometimes 

 more or less connected with one another. Legs almost uniformly pale rufous, 

 without distinct spots, middle of femora and apices of tibiae usually darker. 

 On segments 1-3 of abdomen a basal and an apical row of large punctures, the 

 apical row obsolete in centre of segments, on 4 a basal row only. 



In male the foretibia and foretarsus villose on under side, without teeth ; 

 pygidium a little longer than broad, narrowing towards apex, which is 

 rounded ; anal sternite truncate-emarginate, flattened in middle, more than 

 twice as long in middle as the preceding segment. 



In female the pygidium as long as broad, almost gradually narrowing into 

 a small projection, sides slightly rounded. 



Length: 2-3-3-1 mm. 



A small series from : 



Tutuila : Pago Pago, ix.1923 (Swezey and Wilder), iv.1924 (Bryan) ; 

 Afono Trail, ix.1923 (Swezey) ; 760-900 ft., iv. 1000 ft., viii. ; 1200 ft., vii. 

 (Kellers). Upolu : Sliding Rock, Tuaefu, ix.1923 (Swezey and Wilder) ; 

 Aleipata, iv., and Malololelei, 2000 ft., iv.1924, type, $>. 



Savage Is. : Niue, viii. 191 8 (Kellers), one <j>. 



