23,6 Schultze: Philippine Coleoptera 605 



half irregularly punctured, the punctures coarser at lateral 

 margins. Front with an oblong shallow depression, the latter 

 terminating in a punctiform impression. Vertex of head finely 

 and regularly punctured. Prothorax broader than long, near 

 anterior margin laterally constricted, uniformly and densely 

 punctured, the punctures rather coarse. At posterior margin 

 dorsolateral^ an abbreviated narrow whitish tomentose stripe. 

 Elytra very uniformly and finely punctate-striate, the punc- 

 tures oblong. Each elytron at base with a transverse depres- 

 sion, extending from the knoblike scutellum to humeral angle, 

 basal margin curved and bent upward. At base just behind 

 scutellum an oblong tomentose spot which forms posterolateral^ 

 a short oblique spur. Another spot at basal fourth near lateral 

 margin and a slightly curved transverse band behind middle, 

 reaching from suture to eighth puncture row. Prosternum 

 tomentose, mesosternum and metasternum in the middle only. 

 Abdominal sternites, except the last, with a small irregular 

 tomentose patch laterally. The whole underside greenish 

 bronze, densely and irregularly punctured. Apical part of ros- 

 trum, antennse, and tarsi bluish black. 



Length, 12 millimeters (without rostrum) ; width, 5. 



Luzon, Kalinga Subprovince, Pinukpuk (Herre). Type in 

 the collection of the Bureau of Science, Manila. 



SYNONYMICAL NOTES ON PHILIPPINE COLEOPTERA 



The cerambycid generic name Niphonoclea Aurivillius replaces 

 Euclea Newman, Niphonoclea gloriosa Schultze (= N. opulenta 

 Heller) . Heller's footnote 3 referring to N. pulchella Schultze 8 

 is a mistake; furthermore, N. gloriosa and pulchella Schultze 

 are nearly related but distinct species. Niphonoclea tagala 

 subsp. rufofasciata Schultze (=var. tricolor Heller). Pachy- 

 rrhynchus signaticollis Schultze (=P. transver sarins Heller). 

 Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) schonherri Waterh. (=M. ma- 

 layanus Schultze). Alcides butuanensis Schultze (= A. XV- 

 spilotus Heller). 



