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Sides of mesothorax and metathorax toothed, densely tomentose 

 with white hairs; undersurface of body and abdomen brown. 



Legs entirely yellow; tibiae flattened and minutely spined; 

 claws ferruginous. 



Length, including tegmina, 7 millimeters; width between hu- 

 meral angles, 2; height of pronotal horn from humeral angles 

 to tips, 10. 



Leptocentrus reponens Walk. 



Add: Habitat. — Luzon, Manila: Rizal Province, Montalban: 

 Laguna Province, Paete. Panay, Antique Province, 

 Tibiao, Culasi, and Lipata. {McGregor.) 

 Host. — Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC; Semecarpus cu~ 

 neiformis Blanco; Acalypha wilkesiana Muell.-Arg. ; 

 Mallotus moluccanus (L.) Muell.-Arg. ; Hibiscus rosa- 

 sinensis L. 

 An excellent series with records of the host plants, collected 

 as follows: Two from Montalban taken February 22, 1918, on 

 Blumea balsamifera and Semecarpus cuneiformis; one from Ma- 

 nila, February 1, 1917; three from Manila, February 5, 1917, 

 on Mallotus moluccanus; one from Manila, February 5, 1917, 

 on Acalypha ivilkesiana; one from Manila, February 10, 1917, 

 on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; one from Lipata, July 9, 1918, on "a 

 spiny shrub;" two from Paete, March 6 and 13, 1917; five from 

 Tibiao, May 14, 1918; four from Culasi taken in the forest at 

 about 700 meters' elevation on May 18, 1918; two from Culasi, 

 May 20, 1918; one from Culasi, June 3, 1918; one from Culasi, 

 June 19, 1918, and two from Culasi, July 24, 1918. 



The above data for hosts are the first ever recorded for this 

 species, and all of the localities are new. 



Mr. McGregor's field notes record the interesting fact that 

 this species was not attended by ants. 



Leptocentrus leucaspis Walk. 



Add: Habitat. — Antique Province, Batbatan Island (Mc- 

 Gregor) . 

 One male taken on Batbatan Island on June 30, 1918. 



Tricentras robustus Funkh. 



Add • Habitat. — Panay, Antique Province, Tibiao, Culasi, and 

 Flores (McGregor) . 

 Host. — Acalypha stipulacea Klotz. 

 A series of nine specimens, all females, collected in Panay in 

 1918 as follows: One taken in the forest at Culasi at 700 meters' 



