578 BANKS. 



Tlii^ cxtrcmel}' coininon and widi'spruad sj)ecies, of lengthy synonymy, 

 is found throughout the Philippines, 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I., (10937 W. Schultze), .', sjx/cimens taken 

 merely for the sake of locality. 



57. DysDERors poecilu.s Hen-.-SchJlff., ^Vanz. /its. (1844), 7, 17, fig. 099. 



This variable species has been given heretofore in synonymy with D. 

 cingulatus.'^ Although I have not been able to see Hen-ich-Schaffer's 

 description, 1 have compared specimens in the British iluseum witli 

 those from the Philippines and also large series of the two species witli 

 each otJier. I have concluded that they are quite distinct species, even 

 though there is considerable variation in poecilus. There are certain 

 constant features, as the black anterior area of the pronotum and the 

 black sterna and abdominal segments interspersed with wliite, which are 

 not found in ciiKjulatus, these portions always being red in the latter at 

 least in Philippine material. 



It is therefore proposed to consider this a valid species, at least until 

 an opportunity to see the original description presents itself. 



Palawan, Iwahig, P. I., (10938 W. Schultze), 3 specimens showing 

 the same characters as specimens collected in other parts of the Islands. 



Bacuit and Iwahig, P. I., (11665 and 11908 C. 21. ]Yrbcr), 6 speci- 

 mens. 



58. Dysdercus ellanorae sp. nov. 



Elongate regular oval, pale vermilion, grey and lilack with wliite mark- 

 ings beneath. 



Head uniformly pale vermilion above and below; eyes dai'k brown as 

 are all segments of antennaa except fii'st wliicli is vermilion on basal half 

 and bears three minute bristles on the interior surface of its basal nodule. 

 Antenniferous tubercles white-ringed apically. Collar of prothorax dor- 

 sally and ventrally white; anterior lobe of pronotum finely punctate, 

 posterior lobe and corium more coarsely; anterior area of posterior lobe 

 at transverse depression luteour. the remainder vermilion; scutellum eon- 

 coloro^is with pronotum, finely punctate and transversely i-ugose on 

 margins. 



Coriimi pale vermilion on costal third : remaiiuler, including clavus 

 pale ash-gre)'. Each tegmen with a discal, subcii'cular, transverse, black 

 spot, similar in shape and position to that of D. cingtilaius Fabr. Mem- 

 brane black-brown with metallic luster, its posterior margin albescent. 



Beneath, vermilion with white markings as follows: posterior margins 

 of pro-, meso- and nietaj^leurae, anterior margin of propleura and pro- 

 sternum, apical margins of abdominal segments and all stethi. 



"Vide Stfil Einim. Bern. (1870), 1, 119. 



