RHYNCHOTA PALAWANICA, PART II. 49 



Fam. CERCOPID^. 



8ubf. MACH.^ROTIN.«. 



MACH/tROTA Burmeister. 



Handb. der Ent. (1835) 2, pt. 1, 128. 

 Type: M. ensifera Burm. 



30. ]\£ach^eota ensitera Burm. 



Macha^-ola ensifera Burm., Handb. der Ent. (1835) 2, pt. 1, 128; Stal, 

 O. V. A. F. (1870) 727; Sign., Ann. Soo. Ent. Er., Bull. (1879) (5) 

 9, xlviii; Atkins., J. A. S. B. (1885) 54, 22; Dist., Eauna British Ind., 

 Ehyn. (1908) 4, 80, fig. 65. 



An abundant species in the Philippines. It builds its calcareous, 

 tube-like nests on shrubs of Sida acuta Burm., and all the stages of its 

 development may be easily observed. 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I. (11928 G. M. Weier). A single specimen. 



Subf. APHROPHORIN.^. 



CLOVIA Stal. 

 Hem. Afr. (1866) 4, 75. 

 Type: C. bigoti Sign. 



37. Clovia conifer Walk. 



Ptyelus conifer Walk., List B.om. (1851) 3,711. 



Ptyelus simulans Ibid. p. 717. 



Ptyelus fremdatus Stal, O. V. A. F. (1854) 250; Freg. Eug. Resa, Ins. 



(1859) 286, O. V. A. F. (1862) 493. 

 Clovia frenulata Stal, loc. eit. (1870) 726. 

 Clovia conifer Atkins., J. A. S. B. (1885) 54, 114; Dist., Fauna British 



Ind., Ehyn. (1904) 4, 93, fig. 7g. 



This species^ though reported previously from the Philippines, has not, 

 up to this time, appeared in our collection. 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I. (10964 W. SchuHze and 11930 C. M. ^Veher), 

 2 specimens. 



MANDESA Distant. 



Fauna British Ind., Rhyn. (1908) 4, 106. 

 Type: M. amplificata Dist. 



38. Mandesa vittieeons Sttil. (Plate III, fig. 7 c^.) 



Clovia vittifrons St51, O. V.A. F. (1870) 725. 



In this species, which is undoubtedly referable to this genus, the discal 

 transverse raised ridge mentioned by Distant in his generic diagnosis 

 crosses only the inner two-thirds of the tegmina but the other characters 

 are not to be mistaken. The 9 is considerably larger than the $ and 

 is more pallid with all dark markings less pronounced. 



In the specimens before me the measurements are as follows : $ length 



94524 4 



