6Q2 The Philippine Journal of Science 1923 



Metapocyrtus (Metapocyrtus) perpulcheroides sp. nov. Plate 1, fig. 

 11, $. 

 Black, moderately glossy; prothorax and elytra with metal- 

 lic coppery or greenish golden scale spots. In general form 

 very similar to Metapocyrtus pseudomonilifer Heller. Rostrum 

 strongly rugose, separated from front by a deep and well- 

 pronounced transverse groove. In basal half a triangular de- 

 pression, with an indistinct longitudinal groove. Lateral mar- 

 gins of the depression forming slightly raised ridges. Front 

 sparsely and scatteredly punctured, with a sharply defined 

 medial groove and a small bifid scale spot. Sides of head below 

 eye also with a small scale spot. Prothorax broader than long, 

 subspherical, finely and scatteredly punctured; in male, pro- 

 thorax relatively larger than in female. A well-pronounced 

 anterior submarginal groove and posterior submarginal groove. 

 Dorsally a medial longitudinal groove arising behind anterior 

 submarginal groove and terminating before posterior submar- 

 ginal groove. Dorsolateral^ at anterior margin an irregular 

 scale spot, more or less confluent dorsally in the middle and con- 

 tinued as an irregular marginal stripe laterally. At posterior 

 margin toward each side a large roundish scale spot and some 

 scattered scales laterally along margin. Sides with another 

 scale spot above anterior coxae. Elytra short ovate, very irreg- 

 ularly striate-punctate. Each elytron with three irregular scale 

 spots at base, four or five more or less confluent spots in the 

 middle forming a transverse row, an oblong spot behind the 

 middle at margin, three other spots forming a transverse row 

 at apical fourth, and another spot near apex. Spots uniform 

 metallic coppery or greenish golden. Mesosternum and meta- 

 sternum laterally with a scale patch. Femora with a scale ring 

 band near apex. 



Male, length, 12.5 millimeters (without rostrum) ; width, 6. 

 Female, length, 11.8 millimeters (without rostrum) ; width, 6. 

 Luzon, Kalinga Subprovince, Pinukpuk (He'rre). Types in 

 the collection of the Bureau of Science, Manila. 



This species is remarkable for its extreme likeness to Pachy- 

 rrhynchus perpulcher Waterh., with which it was collected 

 from presumably the same bushes. The scale markings in this 

 species seem to rub off very readily, since a number of speci- 

 mens appear uniform black, but upon close examination the 

 markings are distinguishable as dull grayish spots. 



