DESCRIPTION OF NEW CASSIDID^ OF THE PHILIPPINE 



ISLANDS. 



By J. Weise. 

 {Berlin, Germany.) 



Prioptera schultzei sp. uov. 



Subrotundata, nigra, nitida, elytrormn disco saturate bnumeo-rufo, 

 parum nitido, fortiter subrugoso-punctato, bicarinato, uni-foveolato, 

 antiee leviter gibboso. Long. 11-12 mm. 



Bongabon, Mindoro, P. I. 



Time of capture: January, 1908. (W. Schultze, collector.) Ko. 

 8383 in Entomological collection. Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I. 



Belongs to the species which have a large pit on the eljrtra and is 

 distinguished not alone by its very peculiar coloring, but also by the 

 coarse and wrinkled punctuation of its elytra. 



Deep black, glossy, the inner edge of the epipleurse and a nan-ow in- 

 distinct marginal stripe of the abdomen reddish, discal part of the 

 elytra decidedly brownish-red and not very glossy. Front, thorax, scu- 

 tellum and the lateral slope of the elytra are nearly smooth. The latter 

 has a broad ridge in the middle and is divided from the discal part by 

 a row of coarse punctures, which are behind the middle, pitlike, and 

 divided by cross ridges. The thorax has a slight, flat medial groove, 

 which runs posteriorly into a pit before the middle lobe. The elytra 

 are a very little broader at the base than the thorax, enlarged slightly 

 in the first quarter and smoothly rounded, then less so up to the last 

 third and nearly straight; beyond that they are abruptly narrowed, run- 

 ning also nearly straight into the sharply pointed apex. The basal 

 triangle extends to a low, united, uneven cross ridge, and is separated by 

 the first longitudinal ridge, which in common with the second larger 

 one surrounds the shallow pit on the discal part behind the cross ridge. 



This iiiteresting species is named in honor of Mr. W. Schultze of 

 Manila, who found it in all stages of development on the coast of 

 Mindoro. 



Cassida (Odontionycha) picifrons sp. nov. 



Breviter ovalis, convexiuscula, dilute viridi- vel testaceo-flava, nitida, 



antennis testaceis apice leviter infuscatis, capite piceo, fascia lata metas- 



terni nigra, ventre in medio infuseato, elytris punctato-striatis, protecto 



modiee explanato, sat deflexo, sat creljre punctate. Long. 3.5-4 mm. 



Manila, P. I. 



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