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different pattern of the tegminal markings will at once aid in dif- 

 ferentiating it. 



"21. Hemisphaerius trimaculatus sp. nov. (Plate III, fig. 1.) 



Obovoidal, brown, with ochraceous spots on tegmina. Occiput daiiv ochraceous, 

 face brown except at union with clypeus, where it is pale ochraceous ; clypeus 

 and rostrum black, glabrous, base pale ochraceous, medially prominent; eyes 

 brown, narrowly pale-margined; pronotum pale yellow, red-margined; scutellum 

 brown, margins rufous; pleurae pale yellow with a longitudinal dark brown 

 stripe on pro- and mesopleurae; anterior and mid coxae pale yellow, each with a 

 broad, black median band. Tegmina brown, pale-margined and with three irreg- 

 ular, pale, ochraceous spots, one on basal third and two across apical third ; 

 wings black, the veins and basal areas yellow. Abdominal segments dorsally 

 brown with sanguineous margins, ventrally with yellow margins. Genitalia 

 j'ellow, brown at apices of lobes. Legs ochraceous; fore and mid tibite with two 

 brown annvilations, the subbasal obsolescent. Posterior tibiae apically black, with 

 a subapical black-tipped spine and another on apical third. 



Length 3.75 millimeters, width 2.75 millimeters. 

 Palawan", Iwaliig, P.. I. (TF. Schultze collector). 

 Type $ No. 10962 in Entomological Collection, Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I. Described from a single specimen. 



22. Hemisphaerius stali sp. nov. (Plate III, fig. 2.) 



Obovoid, ochraceous and red, mth three longitudinal red lines on face, and 

 basal half of tegmina brown. 



Head deep yellow; face margined with vermilion and with a broad, median, 

 vermilion, longitudinal line which, together with marginal red, terminates at 

 base of clypeus which is uniformly yelloAV except apical half and rostrum which 

 are pitchy black. Occiput yellow, red-margined; eyes bro^^Ti with paler margins. 

 Pronotum lens-shaped, the anterior margin slightly more convex than the posterior 

 and both with vermilion margins; seiitellum equilateral, yellow, with vermilion 

 margins of which the lateral are quite narrow and a median vermilion fascia 

 from anterior margin halfway to apex. Tegmina ochraceous, basal half dark, 

 pitchy brown except tumeral angles which are paler and internal sutures which 

 are broadly yellow, margined with red to apex of claval region. Wings exceedingly 

 small, not measuring a millimeter in length, and of a pale ocher. 



Abdominal segments dorsally ochraceous, obsoletely red-margined, ventrally 

 brown with pale ochraceous margins. 



Legs ochraceous ; apices of tibias black. Apices of tarsi bro^^oi. Posterior tibial 

 spines black-tipped. 



Length 4.5 millimeters ; width 3.4 millimeters. 



Palawan, Mount Kapuas, P. I. {G. M. Weler collector). 



Type iSFo. 12399 in Entomological Collection, Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I. Described from a single specimen ^in perfect condition. 



Somewhat like II. reticulahis Dist., in general pattern, but differing 

 decidedly in color and facial marking. 



Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Carolus Stal. 



