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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



Length, 3-3| mm. 



Upolu : Malololelei, 2,000 ft., 24.ii.1924, 11 examples ; 12.iii.1924, 13 

 examples (including the type) ; iv.1924, 1 example ; 25.iv.1924, 3 examples ; 

 18.iv.1925, 15 examples; vi.1924, 23 examples; 14-30.vi.1924, 11 examples; 

 5.i.l924, 1 example ; 20. vi.1924, 1 example ; 2.vii.l924, 1 example (Armstrong) ; 

 vii.1925, 4 examples (Wilder) ; 23. xi. 1924, 19 examples ; 28. xi. 1924, 1 example. 

 Aleipata, iv. 1924, 1 example. Leummoega, 14.ix.1923. 2 examples (Swezey 

 and Wilder). Vailima, 600 ft., 2. i. 1925, 1 example ; 18.X.1924, 3 examples. 

 Apia, iii.1924, 1 example ; v.1924, 4 examples ; Mt. Vaea, 1,500 ft., 20.xii.1924, 

 1 example ; 13.ix.1923, 1 example ; 15.ix.1923, 2 examples (Swezey and Wilder). 

 Total : 120 examples from Upolu. 



Tutuila : 760-900 ft., iv.1918, 31 examples; 21.vi.1918, eastern end of 

 island, 1,070 ft., 2 examples; 30.vi.1918, centre of island, 900-1,000 ft., 3 

 examples ; 21.vii.1918, 1,000 ft., 10 examples ; 25.viii.1918, 1,000 ft., 5 examples ; 

 xii.1918, 1,200 ft., 1 example (all examples under the various dates were collected 

 by H. C. Kellers). Pago Pago, 2.xii.l924, 4 examples ; 14.xii.1924, 2 examples ; 

 9.ix.l923, 1 example ; 10.ix.1923, 5 examples ; 30. ix. 1923, 5 examples (Swezey 

 and Wilder) ; 12. vi.1924, 1 example ; 16.iv.1924, 2 examples ; 18.iv.1924, 



I example (Bryan). Fagasa, 9.ix.l923, 4 examples (Swezey and Wilder) ; one 

 of the labels bears the words " nutmeg tree." Total : 77 examples from 

 Tutuila. 



Savaii : Fagamalo, xi.1925, 1 example. Salailua, 20.V.1924, 1 example ; 

 23.V.1924, 5 examples (Bryan). Safune, rain forest, 2,000-4,000 ft., 8.V.1924, 

 3 examples ; lower forest, 1,000-2,000 ft., 5. v.1924, 1 example (Bryan). Total : 



II examples from Savaii. 



In describing this species I have examined two hundred and eight examples, 

 from two of which three balsam mounts have been made. 



Type in the British Museum ; paratypes in the Bishop Museum. 



6. Stygnobia minuta, sp. nov. (Text-fig. 6). 



Body oblong-ovate. General colour dark brown, legs lighter brown ; 

 pronotum in some cases black, and elytra with a broad black stripe covering 

 almost entire surface except margins and suture. (In some examples the black 

 colour of the pronotum and elytra has almost disappeared.) Antennal segments 

 blackish, except basal three, which are lighter brown. 



