Further Notes on Felisacus Distant 
(Heteroptera; Miridae; Bryocorinae) 
T. E. Woodward 1 
In an earlier paper (Woodward, 1954) the 
author reviewed the species groups of Felisacus 
and described and redescribed some of the in- 
cluded species. Since then, additional material 
has accumulated of elegantulus (Reuter) and 
filicicola (Kirkaldy) ; in the present paper, fur- 
ther locality records are given and additions 
made to the descriptions, with a more com- 
plete account of the range of variations and of 
the nature of the specific differences. A new 
species, F. dauloi , is described from the high- 
lands of New Guinea. The female valvulae of 
the three species are described and figured; it 
is hoped that as further descriptions become 
available these will provide additional criteria 
for the separation of species groups. The 
ovarian eggs of elegantulus and the male geni- 
talia of filicicola are figured for the first time. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
For specimens and for hospitality and fa- 
cilities during a collecting trip in Samoa I wish 
to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. R. A. 
Cumber, then of the South Pacific Commis- 
sion, Apia, now of the Entomological Re- 
search Station, D.S.I.R., New Zealand. For 
advice on areas and for facilities provided dur- 
ing a collecting trip in New Guinea I am in- 
debted to many people; as regards the present 
work I wish particularly to express my grati- 
tude to the administrative officers of the Ter- 
ritory, the director, D.A.S.F., and Mr. J. 
Barrie of that department. 
1 Department of Entomology, University of Queens- 
land, Brisbane, Australia. Manuscript received January 
28 , 1957 . 
Elegantulus Species Group 
Felisacus dauloi n. sp. 
Figs, la; 2e, f 
structure: (Holotype female.) Head across 
eyes 1.32 times median length (0.67:0.51); 
interocular space of vertex 1.85 times width of 
eye (0.32:0.17). Base of head forming a cylin- 
drical collum separated from rest of head by 
an annular constriction; collum 0.81 times as 
wide as head immediately behind eyes (0.38: 
0.47) and 0.57 times head across eyes; width 
behind eyes 0.70 times width across eyes. 
Rostrum 1.20 mm. long, reaching to middle 
of mesosternum. Antennae with segment I 
cylindrical, not swollen subbasally; II, 1.26 
times as long as I (1.35:1.07); III, 1.50 times 
I (1.60:1.07); IV, 0.56 times I (0.60:1.07); I, 
0.95, and II, 1.20 times basal width of pro- 
notum. 
Pronotum in mid-line 1.84 times as long as 
head (0.93:0.51); 1.21 times as wide posteri- 
orly as long (1.13:0.93), 2.64 times as wide as 
across anterior collar (1.13:0.43), and 1.69 
times as wide as head across eyes; shape and 
punctation of pronotum as in elegantulus , ex- 
cept that posterior margin is somewhat more 
deeply excavated. 
Hemelytra greatly surpassing abdomen, 
costal margin of corium 2.43 times as long as 
pronotum (2.27:0.93) and 3.15 times as long 
as cuneus (0.72). 
Genitalia: First (mesial) valvulae with apex 
subacute; apical dorsal teeth large. Second 
valvulae with apex subacute; portion below 
sclerotized ridge abruptly narrowed before 
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