NEW PHILIPPINE INSECTS. 
By CHARLES 8. BANKS. 
(From the Entomological Section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science.) 
The insects described as new in this paper were encountered while I 
was pursuing investigations upon the ones which injure the coconut 
palm. With one exception, that of Thosea cinereamarginata n. sp., they 
belong to the Coccide. Although twelve species of the Limacodide, 
including three of Thosea, are recorded from the Philippines, this 
number is small in comparison with those from neighboring regions, 
Hampson recording 82 species in his Fauna of British India. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
LIMACODID-E. 
Thosea cinereamarginata n. sp. 
Thosea, Walk. Cat. (1855), 5, 1068. 
Aphendale, Walk. Cat. (1865), 33, 494. 
Anzabe, Walk. Cat. (1855), 5, 1093. 
Male: Head, thorax, and abdomen dark-brown; latter transversely banded dor- 
sally with lighter brown. Two dorsal and anal tufts dark-brown. Tegule white- 
tipped. Fore-wing satiny dark-brown with purplish effulgence in certain lights. 
A moderately large darker spot at end of cell with a dark-brown oblique sinuate 
band beginning slightly posterior to it and extending to middle of inner margin; 
a similar, inward-curving, post-medial band beginning widely on costa before apex 
and extending nearly to posterior angle. Cilia attenuately spatulate, bronzed at 
tips and lighter than wing. Hind-wing grey-brown; veins and a discal spot 
slightly darker. Cilia slightly lighter. Under sides of wings grey-brown; fore- 
wing pearly at base and inner marginal area; hind-wing irrorated with dark- 
brown, scattered scales. Antenne darker at base; first joint with long cilia. 
Palpi pale anteriorly. Tibi, tarsi, and venter with long, grey hairs. Length, 
12 millimeters. Length of wing, 9.5 millimeters. 
Female: Head, thorax, and abdomen brown-grey, latter transversely marked on 
apical dorsal margins of 5 to 7 segments with light ochraceous hairs. Fore-wing, 
except outer fourth, purplish brown-grey. Dark-brown spot at end of cell and an 
oblique dark-brown band as in male but much more distinct. Post-medial band 
parallel with outer margin for one-half its length, then curved inward and end- 
ing before posterior angle. Marginal area mouse-grey, irrorated with few, dark- 
brown seales. Cilia and hind wings as in male but latter with a light, clearly 
defined marginal line. Anal tuft with black-tipped hairs. Under side of wings 
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