RHYNCHOTA PALAWANIOA, PART I. 563 



and apices; tarsi black; antennfe black except first and base of second 

 segments which are obscurely, creamy white; basal half of rostrum pale, 

 distal half black. 



Length 5.5 to 6.5 millimeters. 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I., (10903 W. ScTiuUze) and: Manila, P. I., (9984 

 Guen-ero.) 



T^-pe 'No. 10903 in Entomological Collection, Bureau of Science, Ma- 

 nila, P. I. 



There are but two specimens of this interesting species in the collection. 

 The one from Manila is the smaller of the two but otherwise the specimens 

 are identical in appearance. 



Div. NEZARIA. 



CATACANTHUS Spinola. 



Ess. (1837), 352. 



T,vpe : G. incarnatus Dru. 



23. Catacanthds nigkipes Sulz. 



Cimex nigripes Sulz., Gesch. Ins. (1776), 90, pi. 10, fig. 9. 



punctum Fabr., Ent. Syst. (1794), 4, 105, 100. 



Edessa Fabr., Sy-H.. Rhyn. (1803), 149, 16. 



Raphigaster carrenoi Le Guill., Rev. Zool. (1841), 4, 262, 9. 



Stoll, Les Pun. (1788-90), 29, pi. G, fig. 40. 



Catacanthus nigripes DalL, List Eem. (1851), 1, 271. 



Pentatoma tricolor Montr., An. Sci. Phijs. et Nat. (1855), (2), 7, 96. 



C'atacanthus tricolor StAl, o. V. ,i. F. (1870), 631. 



This species, of lengthy synonymy, is undoubtedly the species described 

 b}'' Sulz in 1776 as shown by my researches in the British Museum. 



It has been recorded previously from other parts of the Philippines, 

 having been collected by Cuming and Semper and on Fuga Island (626 

 McGregor) on Eomblon (1975 McGregor), at Manila (7356 R. Paras), 

 at Lamao (7623 Ouzner) , on Camaguin Island (7888 McGregor). 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I., (10904 TF. SchuUze), 5 specimens in good 

 color. Captured in dense forest in flight. Bacuit, P. I., (11651 C. M. 

 Weber), 1 specimen. 



NEZARA Amyot et Serville. 



Hem. (1843), 143. 

 Type: N. viridula Linn. 



24. NEZ.4.BA ANTENNATA Scott, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. -(1874), (4), 14, 299. 

 var. Nezara icterica Horv., Termesz. Fiizetek. (1887), 12, 31. 



var. balteata Horv., loc. cit. 



Nezara antennata. Distant, Fauna British Ind., Rhyn. (1902), 1, 220. 



A single specimen, which agrees perfectly with Scott's description, 

 save in the absence of the black spot on the gente. The extreme tip 

 of the fifth antenna! segment is pale. 



Recorded also from the Himalayas, China, Japan. 



PAL.A.WAN, Iwahig, P. I., (10908 W. Sclmlize). 



