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luster. Thorax apparently as long as broad, very coarsely and 

 evenly punctured, lateral margins with five denticles. Elytra 

 evenly punctured, variegated with dark and light brown. Under- 

 pays dark, rather coarsely punctured. Legs dark. 



Two subspecies can be recognized in the material at my 

 disposal. Typical form : Elytra with three transverse dark bars 

 and with a round dark spot in scutellar angle. Length, 3.5 

 millimeters. 



Sandakan, Borneo (Baker 11U93) and unnumbered specimens. 

 Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I. (Baker 7283). 

 Elacatis delusa subsp. pantherina subsp. nov. 



Elytra with four more or less broken transverse dark bars 

 (Plate 1, fig. 12), no separate spot in scutellar angle. Denticles 

 of thorax slightly more prominent. Length, 3.5 millimeters. 



Type.— -A specimen, apparently a male, from Mount Limay, 

 Bataan Province, Luzon, P. I. (Baker 8292). Paratypes from 

 the same locality and from Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, 

 Luzon (Baker 119 U). Also unnumbered specimens from the 

 above localities. United States National Museum, No. 25055. 

 Genus PARELACATIS novum 

 Generic characters. — Elacatidse with eyes produced poste- 

 riorly so as to overlap anterior angles of thorax; thorax with 

 lateral margin more or less obsolete at anterior angles, com- 

 plete at posterior angles, regular, without denticles. Second 

 segment of antenna cylindrical, terminal segment of labial palpus 

 rounded at apex, terminal segment of maxillary palpus only 

 a little longer than broad (Plate 1, figs. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10) . 

 Genotype, Parelacatis bakeri sp. nov. 



There appears to be but one species in the material before me 

 that can be referred to this genus. 

 Parelacatis bakeri sp. nov. 



Head wide, convex, rather coarsely and distantly punctured, 

 dark, with faint brassy luster. Supra-antennal crests arched, 

 socket of antenna very large. Antennae reaching to about 

 middle of thorax, chestnut brown. Thorax much broader than 

 long (13 : 20), convex, evenly and rather coarsely punctured, 

 basal angles obtuse, surface with brassy luster, pubescence 

 sparse on both head and thorax. Elytra rather suddenly 

 rounded at tips, finely and rather densely punctured, dark with 

 pale marking (Plate 1, fig. 13). Underparts black, rather 

 more densely covered with hairs. Legs brown, the tibiae and 

 tarsi paler. Length, 2.5 to 3.5 millimeters. 



