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Subf. TESSAUATOJIINIiE. 



Div. EUSTHENARIA. 



PYCANUM Amyot & Si-rville. 



Uem. (1843), 171. 

 Tyjie: P. riiheiis Fabr. 



25. Pycanum RunEXS Fabr. 



C'imex riibeiis Fabr., Enl. ,S'i/.s7. (1794), 4, 107. 



amethystinus Weber, Ob.s. Ent. (1801), 11.5. 



Edessa ametliystina Fabr., iiyst. Rhyng. (1803), 150. 



Tessaratoma alternata Lepel. et Serv., Encyc. Meth. (1825), 10, 591. 



AspongopiLS ametbystiniis timin., Handh. (I. Ent. (1835), 2, 351. 



Ilerr.-Soliaff., H'aris. Im. (1839), 4, 85, pi. 135, 



fig. 417. 

 Dinidor amethystinus Herr.-Seliiiff., ibid. (1844), 7, 76. 

 Pycamim amethystinum Dall., List Hem. (1851), 1, 345. 



— rubeiLs" Stal, Bern. Fabr. (1868), 1, 40. 



Dist., Fauna British Ind., Rliiiii. (1902),1, 274, fig. 174. 



This beautifnl insect has not been reported from the Philippines pre- 

 viously, tliough Stal describes a species closelj' related to it. 



Palawan, Baeuit, P. I., (1164:7 C. M. Weber). A single perfect 

 specimen, almost entirely suffused fl-ith green, with some purplish brown 

 .showing on the bases of the tegmina. 



Div. EUMENOTARIA. 



EUMENOTES Westwood. 



Tr. Ent. ,S'oc. (1847), 4, 246. 

 Type: E. obscnra Westw. 



20. EusiENOTEs ODSCUKA Westw. (Plate 11, iig. 4, a.) 



Eumenotes obscura Westw., Tr. Ent. Soc. (1847), 4, 247, pi. 18, Iig. 4. 



Vol!., Fauna Ind. Neerl. (1868), 3, 49. 



Odonia truncata Stal, O. V. A. F. (1870), 645. 

 Aradus triuieatus Walk., -Caf. Flet. (1873), 39. 

 Odonia truncata Bergr., Aidi. ^Iiis. Cir. (len. ( 1880) , 27, 733, pi. 12, fig. 4. 



'Stal, Enum. Hem. (1870), 1, 89. 



■ Dist., Fauna, British Ind., Hhyn. (1904). 2, 155, fig. 114. 



■ ibid., A7in. Mag. Xat. Hist. (1903) (7), 12, 470. 



Pal.vwan, Mangahan Swamp near Iwahig, P. I., (11()87 ('. .¥. Wc- 

 hcr). A single perfect specimen. 



This by no means common- species is here added to our collection for 

 the first time. It would appear that Distant's figure gives an incorrect 

 idea of the venation of the membrane. Westwood represents the veins 

 as reticulated and my specimen agrees with Westwood's figure in this. 



Yery great confusion seems to have existed as to the family position 

 of this genus. I must confess that a cursory examination would lead 



