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Samoa (type locality). 
There is some question as to whether the 
species was introduced from Samoa to Fiji, 
or vice versa. 
Tribe Luperini 
Genus haplosomoides Duvivier 
Haplosomoides Duviv., 1890, Soc. Ent. de 
Belg., C. R. 34: XXXIV (type: Rhaphido- 
palpa serena Boheman; E. Indies). 
Elongate; head larger than pro thorax; an- 
tenna slender; prothcrax trapeziform, wider 
at apex, constricted and transversely grooved; 
elytron long, swollen near scutellum, deeply 
punctured in center; tarsal claws appen- 
diculate. 
95. Haplosomoides binotata Bryant, n. sp. 
Fig. 37 
Narrow and elongate; head, antenna, pro- 
thorax, legs, and underside fulvous; elytron 
shining dark brown or blackish, with two 
median flavous patches, a fulvous stripe from 
the shoulder, and the suture narrowly fulvous 
not extending to the apex. 
Head fulvous, nitid, impunctate, a trans- 
verse depression between eyes; eye somewhat 
prominent. Antenna fulvous, extending to 
middle of elytron, first segment longest, about 
three times as long as second; third to sixth 
about equal; third about twice as long as 
second; four apical segments each slightly 
shorter than sixth. Prothorax slightly trans- 
verse, fulvous; side margined and narrowly 
fuscous; anterior portion slightly broader 
than head; side margin contracted to base. 
Scutellum fulvous, large, triangular. Elytron 
elongate and narrow, feebly costate at side, 
slightly broadening to apex, which is rounded; 
dark shining brown with a median flavous 
patch, joined to shoulder by a fulvous stripe; 
suture narrowly fulvous not extending to 
apex, covered with large shallow punctures. 
Legs and underside fulvous; tarsus with first 
segment elongate, equal to remainder. Length 
4 mm. 
viti LEVU: Holotype (Bishop 2447), Nan- 
darivatu, Sept. 6, 1938, 1100 m., Zimmerman; 
five specimens. Tholo-i-suva, July 25, 1938, 
Zimmerman; one specimen. 
ovalau: Andubangda, July 15, 1938, Zim- 
merman. 
A very distinct species on account of its 
pattern. Allied to Mimastra costata Baly from 
Formosa, which Ogloblin has placed in the 
genus Haplosomoides. 
Genus khasia Jacoby 
Khasia Jacoby, 1899, Entomologist 32: 83 
(type: Khasia kraatzi Jac. ; S. India). 
Head nearly as broad as pro thorax; pro- 
thorax narrowed posteriorly; elytron short, 
narrowed or oblique apically; hind wing 
lacking. 
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