RHYNCHOTA PALAWANICA, PART 1. 559 



blue; stethi coxffi and basal halves of mid and posterior femora pale 

 luteous ; anterior femora pale hiteous basally ; remainder of legs and tarsi 

 brown or blue-black and green, anterior femora being streaked with 

 brown on basal area. Tibiae apically strongly setose laterally and in- 

 feriorly. Second abdominal segment blue ventrally, two transverse,, sub- 

 median vermilion spots on posterior margin; remainder of ventrum ver- 

 milion except a blue spot on basal, lateral angle of third and a black 

 spot occupying median half of sixth. This spot is excavated with a 

 vermilion spot on anterior margin medially. Genitalia brassy-green ex- 

 cept on median area which is brown. 



Antennse black, thickly setose ; three ultimate segments subequal in 

 length ; much less foliate than in C. sellatus Wliite. Eostrum black, 

 pilose ; apices of second and third segments pale. Tegmina and wings 

 fuliginous; costa of former dark blue. 



Length 15 millimeters; width between pronotal angles 7.5 millimeters. 



Palawan", Baciiit, P. I., (C. M. Weher, collector). 



Type No. 11650 in Entomological Collection, Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I. 



Three female specimens of this insect were taken. It is certainly one 

 of the most beautiful- of the Scutelleraria. 



Two of the specimens collected by "Weber and one imperfect specimen 

 by Schultze at Iwahig (10912 W. ScliuUze) are labeled paratypes. 



Distant does not separate this genus from Chrysocoris, though he 

 gives the characters which differentiate it from the remainder of his 

 genus;' wliile Sehoutoden makes it distinct in his monograph'' of the 

 family. 



Subf. GrRAPI-IOSOMATIN-iE. 



PODOPS Laporte. 



Ess. nem. (1832), 72. 

 Type: C inuncta Fabr. 



13. PODOrS SEREATA Voll. 



Scotinophara .serrata Voll., Fauna Ind. Neerl. (1863), 1, 43, pi. 3, fig. 9. 



Stal, 0. V. A. F. (1870), 7, 608 [ref.] 



Podops Distant, Fauna British Ind., Rhyn. (1902), 1, 75. 



' Schoiitedeii, Gen. Insect., Het. Pent. Grapho. 



(1905), 30, 135. 



This species is recorded from Sikhim, Mungphu, Naga Hills, Burma, 

 Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Celebes and previously from the Philippine 

 Islands. 



The Palawan specimen is slightly under the size indicated by Distant. 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I., (10911 W. Schultze). 



^ Fauna British Ind., Rhyn. (1902), 1, 56. 



•' Gen. Insect., Het. Pent. (1904), fasc. 24, pp. 16 and 37. 



