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posterior tibial spurs somewhat spoonshaped, the inner the longer and 

 the outer the heavier ; farsi, long and stout ; claws, long and robust. 



Type in British Museum. Type locality, Formosa. 



Distribution. Formosa, Japan (Rev. H. Loomis) ; C. For- 

 mosa, '94; Formosa (Bowring), '63; British Museum (3); 

 Wellman Coll. (i). 



Waterhouse (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, in, p. 407) referred 

 this species to assamensis with a query. It is perfectly distinct, 

 however, and may be told by the larger size, white marginal 

 pubescence, the entire lack of long black hair on the sternum, 

 and the heavier and sparser punctuation of the head. The 

 specimen in my collection, labeled chinensis Cast., is not quite 

 typical, being smaller, with a larger smooth area on the frons. 



Epicauta insularis Haag-Rut. var. montalbana n. var. 



Differs from typical specimens by having the pronotum uniformly 

 dark red instead of black. Although the essential characters are iden- 

 tical with insularis the color difference is so striking that any one 

 would at first glance pronounce it a new species. 



This pretty variety was sent me by Mr. Charles S. Banks, 

 Entomologist of the Bureau of Science, Manila, who writes 

 concerning it as follows: "Those numbered 11,059 were found 

 by Mr. W. Schultze, my assistant, very abundant at Montalban, 

 about 30 kilometers from Manila. They were taken on the 

 6th of June, 1909, and were present in thousands. Mr. Schultze 

 says that wherever they touched his hand they caused tiny 

 blisters." 



I have in my collection typical specimens of insularis, also 

 taken by Mr. Banks, and there is another series in the United 

 States National Museum, from Benguet, '03, and Manila, '09, 

 sent by the same collector, who also reports in a letter to the 

 writer the following other Philippine captures : Gen. Cissistes 

 cephalotes '01. Manila, Sept., '03 (R. E. Brown, S. J.), Horia 

 testacea F., Negros Is., P. I., '02 (Banks). 



Genus LYTTA F. 



Lytta signifrons Fabr. - = L. codcstina Haag. 

 L. hildebrandti Haag. = : L. vittipcnnis Kibe. 

 L. flayellaria Er. is a Macrobasis. 



