23,i Schultze: A new Philippine Paussid 81 



Pachyrrhynchus confusus sp. nov. 



Pachyrrhynchus venustus Behrens, Stett. Ent. Zeitg. 48 (1887) 



251; Heller, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 7 (1912) 307; Schultze, Philip. 



Journ. Sci. ,§ D 13 (1918) 276, pi. 1, figs. 10 and 11; ibid. 21 (1922) 



593, pi. 3, fig. 2. 



Black, shiny, the elytra very finely rugose, with indistinct in- 

 terrupted longitudinal rows of punctures. The scale spots very 

 pale lilac, in old specimens sometimes whitish. Rostrum evenly 

 but scatteredly punctate, basal half with an oblong depression 

 and a longitudinal medial groove. Front with a squarish scale 

 spot, and another smaller one, below the eyes. Prothorax as 

 long as broad, the greatest width at the middle, finely and 

 scatteredly punctate. Laterally, in the middle between the 

 anterior and posterior margin, an oblong-oval spot. At each 

 lateral margin, another, larger scale spot. Each elytron with 

 two large oblong-oval basal spots, one discally, the other late- 

 rally; sometimes a small roundish spot is located between the 

 two. Three other spots before the middle, of which the one 

 located at the lateral margin is very oblong reaching backward 

 beyond the middle. On the apical third another cross row of 

 two or three spots and a triangular spot at the apex. Aside 

 from the aforementioned spots each elytron bears a sutural spot 

 at the middle and another on the apical fourth. Apical sutural 

 termination of the elytra obtusely pointed in the female. 



Male, length, 16 millimeters; width, 6.5. Female, length, 17.3 

 millimeters; width, 7.5. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Banos (W. Schultze). In a 

 swamp, feeding on the fern Acrostichum aureum Linn. 



