628 The Philippine Journal of Science 1923 



The outstanding features in these tables are that the Pachy- 

 rrhynchides at present contain 13 genera with tentatively 332 

 species, of which the Philippines are credited with 10 genera 

 and 298 species ; 9 genera are endemic to the Philippines ; and 

 4 genera are, so far as known, endemic to Luzon. The most 

 noteworthy fact is that the Philippines contain over 89 per cent 

 of the total species known, and that the 8 genera represented 

 in Luzon contain 149 species, or over 44 per cent of the entire 

 pachyrrhynchid group. 



SYSTEMATIC CLASSIFICATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES 



The first representative of the pachyrrhynchids was made 

 known by Germar 9 in 1824 who established the genus Pacfoy- 

 rrhynchus on the species P. moniliferus, the specimens of which 

 were collected by Eschscholtz probably on a trip from Manila to 

 the Lake Taal region in Laguna Province, Luzon. In 1834 Erich- 

 son 10 founded the genus Apocyrtus based on the species A. infla- 

 tus Erichs. Two other species which the last-named author de- 

 scribed at the same time, A. prof anus and A. impius Erichs., 

 were later placed by Heller in the genus Metapocyrtus. The 

 Erichson material was collected by Meyen. " From 1841 to 

 1843 Waterhouse 12 made the largest additions of species to both 

 of the above genera, from material collected by Hugh Cuming. 13 



In order to show the possible, localities in which Cuming col- 

 lected his material in the Philippines the following data are 



"Mr. Cuming," observes the author, "the fruits of whose western voy- 

 age are so well known, left England on the 26th of February, 1836; be 

 proceeded to the Philippine Islands, by the permission of the Queen Regent 

 of Spain, and aided by powerful recommendations from her government, 

 which opened to him the interior of the islands * * *. 



"Mr. Cuming visited the whole group. His longest stay was in the 

 Island of Luzon, fifteen provinces of which were well ransacked by him. 

 In the Islands Mindoro, Negros, Panay, Siquijod [Siquijor], Cebu, Bohol, 

 Camiguing [Camiguin near Mindanao], Mindanao, Leyte, Samar, Capul, 

 , Ticao, Masbate, Burias, Temple, Marinduque, Maracavan, and Ramblon 

 [Romblon], he reaped a fine harvest. He left the Philippines in Nc~ 



'Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae 1 (1824) 336. 



"Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Curiosor. 16 Suppl. 1 

 (1834) 253. 



"Reise urn die Erde 2 (1835) 192. 



n Proc. Ent. Soc. London (1841) 18 and 45; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist 

 8 (1842) 218; 9 (1842) 302; 11 (1843) 247; Trans. Ent. Soc. London I 

 3 (1841-1843) 310-327. 



"Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 (1841) 226. 



