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The Philippine species of Allodape are very hard to classify, 

 and the present treatment is obviously subject to revision. The 

 species collected by Sauter, at Takao, Formosa, previously re- 

 corded by me ^ as A. marginata Smith, differs as stated above, 

 and also has lateral face marks in the male; I accordingly call 

 it A. sauteriella sp. nov. 



Allodape marginata Smith. 



Evidently common at Los Baiios (Baker 315, 3657) . Accord- 

 ing to Meade- Waldo, Prosopis hewitti Cameron, from Borneo, 

 is a synonym. Another synonym is Prosopis philippinensis 

 Ashmead, from Manila. 



Allodape marginata picitarsis (Cameron). 



This form, described from the Laccadive Islands, is not much 

 over 5 millimeters long and is intermediate between A. marginata 

 and A, culpulifera. A female from Baguio, Benguet (Baker 

 5012) , agrees, so far as I can see, with a cotype of picitarsis in ray 

 collection. However, the form is so close to A. marginata that 

 it may well represent an independent variation, unconnected 

 genetically with true picitarsis. 



Allodape mindanaonis Cockerell. 



Typical females (Baker 316 Jt), from Dapitan, Mindanao, are 

 as large as A. marginata and are very closelj^ allied to it. The 

 variety a, from the same locality (Baker 3671), has lateral face 

 marks, and the scape is yellow in front. Two females from 

 Tacloban, Leyte (Baker 3668), are referred here, but possibly 

 the male will show that the Leyte form is separable. They are 

 of the smaller size, variety a. It appears that A. mindanaonis 

 is a distinct species, the male being easily distinguished from 

 A. marginata. It is possible, however, that the large and small 

 Mindanao forms should be separated, in which case the male 

 referred to will go with the smaller, described as var. a. This 

 has the yellow of the upper part of the clypeus much more 

 reduced than in the female of A. marginata picitarsis. As the 

 variety a is now represented by several specimens, it may well 

 take a name, as Allodape mindanaonis reducta var. nov. (type 

 Baker 3163). 



Allodape cupulifera bakeri var. nov. 



Evidently abundant at Los Bafios; also found on Mount Ma- 

 quiling (Baker 3656, 3658). It is readily known from A. mar- 

 ginata by its smaller size. This Philippine form of A. cupulifera 



^ Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1911), VIII, 7, 231. 



