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INSECTS OF SAMOA. 



7. Rhyparida subaeneicollis Fairmaire. 



Rhyparida subaeneicollis Fairm. Le Naturaliste, i, p. 76, 1879 ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6), i, p. 484, 1881. 



This species is not represented in the collections under study. It is 

 apparently confined to Samoa, and has not been reported from any other locality. 



8. Stethotes rufonigra, sp. nov. (Text-fig. 7). 



Body ovate, much narrowed posteriorly. General colour black, with an 

 ill-defined area on apical half of elytra red ; antennae piceous, three proximal 



segments yellow-brown ; palpi 

 similarly coloured. 



Head : vertex convex with a 

 median channel, on each side of 

 which are fine oblique ridges pro- 

 ducing a strigose appearance. In- 

 terocular space somewhat depressed 

 and with a few punctures. Eyes 

 convex ; between each eye and 

 convexity of vertex of head a deep 

 sulcus. Antennae extending a little 

 beyond middle of elytra, first seg- 

 ment thickened and club-shaped, 

 second shorter and thinner than 

 first but thicker than third, fourth 

 longer than third, fifth equal to 

 fourth, sixth somewhat shorter than 

 fifth, seventh, and following seg- 

 ments somewhat thicker, seventh 

 segment slightly longer than eighth, 

 eighth, ninth, and tenth segments 

 equal, eleventh segment ovate, blunt 

 at apex. Prothorax narrowed in 



™„ r, q. t i , f ■ ^ oo front and convex, its sides sloping 



Iext-fig. 7. — btet/ioles rufomgra, sp. n. X 22. _ ' . . 



and margined ; basal margin with 

 a deep channel ; upper surface completely covered with round punctures ; 

 posterior lateral angles each with a fine seta. Under a high power the 



