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620 The Philippine Journal of Science 1921 
Nauphaeus manobo”® sp. nov. 
N. simio Faust *° similis, fusco-niger, ochraceo-squamosus, ros- 
tro funiculoque rufescentibus; prothorace sat dense granoso- 
punctato, linea mediana lituraque basali antrorsum attenuata ac 
medium vix attingente, albido-squamosis; scutello convexiusculo, 
ochraceo-squamoso; elytris, triente apicali excepto, fuliginoso- 
marmoratis, lateribus supra coxas posticas macula, interdum 
declivitatis initio fascia transversa, pallidioribus; sutura usque 
ad trientem apicalem (in simio usque ad medium) granulosa. 
Long. 7.5 ad 10 mm., lat. 3.2 ad 4.5. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga Province, Zamboanga (7318, 7319). 
This species is so nearly allied to N. simius Faust ® that it 
will be sufficient to indicate the differences between the two 
species. Both are ochraceous, on the underside paler squamose; 
but, while in simius the prothorax shows three pale, longitudinal 
lines, manobo shows only one pale median line; on each side 
in basal half an anteriorly attenuate streak, and instead of a nut- 
brown crossband on the declivity of elytra, there is in this species 
a marmorate pattern, ordinarily limited on the declivity by a pale 
transverse line. Essentially different is the scutellum, which in 
simius is flat and squamose only in the middle, while in manobo 
it is convex and entirely Squamose; also in manobo the granula- 
tion of the suture is denser and extends backward to the apical 
third. 
Mecopus niveoscutellaris sp. nov. Plate 3, fig. 12. 
Niger, antennis rostroque apice rufescenti exceptis, albo-squa- 
mosis, prothorace utrinque fascia discoidali, post: diffusa obso- 
letaque; scutello oblongo, parallelo, apice bilobo, niveo; elytris 
ad basin thoracis basi latioribus, spatiis alternatis, iis sunt 2., 
4., et 6., remote asperate-granulosis, post medium subcristato- 
elevatis ac macula transversa umbrina conjunctis, spatio secundo 
quartoque inter basin et hanc maculam linea tenui umbrina; 
corpore subter pedibusque cretaceo-squamosis, femoribus pos- 
ticis elytrorum apicem perpaulo superantibus. 
Long. 4.5 mm., lat. 2. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga Province, Zamboanga. 
With regard to the short femora one may perhaps be tempted 
to take this species for a Daedania, but its femoral tooth is small 
as in some of the species of M ecopus. The color of M. niveor 
® Manobo, a member of a group of tribes of Mindanao. 
” Stettin. Ent. Zeit. (1892) 222. 
