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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



8th imperceptibly decreasing in length, becoming gradually a little broader, 

 with the sides more convex ; club broad, as long as 4th to 8th together ; 9th 

 triangular, very slightly longer than broad, 10th broader than long, longer on 

 posterior side than on anterior, 11th a little longer than broad, strongly rounded 

 at apex and sides, slightly broader than 9th and 10th, hairs of club and preceding 

 segments stiff and rather long, about as long as the segments. 



Pronotum practically as long as broad, slightly rounded at the sides, 

 minutely coriaceous, uniformly covered with dispersed large punctures, not 

 reticulate. Elytra smooth, without stripes, apart from the sutural one, the 

 stripes indicated by somewhat irregular rows of minute punctures, which are 

 larger in anterior half of side. Pygidium nearly one-half broader than long, 

 evenly rounded. 



Length : 1-3 mm. ; breadth 0-7 mm. 



Upolu : Malololelei, 22.xi.1924, one $. 



LIST OF TEXT-FIGURES. 



Text- fig. 1. Notiana buxtoni, proboscis, head. 

 ,, 2. Proscopus veilchi, head. 

 ,, 3. ,, ,, head and pronotum. 



,, 4. Araecerus eudelus, lateral aspect of pronotum. 



5. Deropygus fornix, pygidium. 



6. ,, lateral aspect of posterior segments. 

 ,, 7. Stenorhis ampedus, head. 



,, 8. Melanopsacus hopkinsi, lateral aspect of pronotum. 

 ,, 9. ,, dulcis, basal angle of pronotum. 



,, 10. ,, club of antenna. 



11. ,, janus, club of antenna. 



