84 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 



Mindanao, Agusan River (W. Schultze), Bureau of Science 

 collection. 



Female. — Three specimens from Mindanao are a little darker 

 than the male. Pregenital sternite a little broader than long, 

 posterior edge obtusely angularly produced from sides to middle, 

 a small emargination at apex of production; anal segment very 

 little longer than broad, sides rounded, apex truncate or very 

 obtusely angularly emarginate. 



Mindanao, Davao (Baker). 



Zoraida sinuosa (Boheman) ? Plate I, fig. 14. 



Derbe sinuosa Boheman, Kgl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 



In the Baker collection there are specimens under the above 

 name (determined by Melichar), and in the Bureau of Science 

 collection the same species stands under the name Z. javanica 

 (Westwood). That it is the former (African) species, I doubt; 

 and I do not consider it to be the latter species, as it does not agree 

 with specimens that I have from Java. I leave it under 

 Boheman's name until I can examine, or learn more about, 

 the type of Derbe sinuosa Boh. 



Male. — Ventral edge of pygophor produced at middle into a 

 subturbinate process; lateral edges obtusely angular at sides 

 of anal segment; anal segment long, projecting more than 

 half beyond lateral projections, anus cephalad of middle, in dorsal 

 view the sides subparallel as far as anus, then gradually narrow- 

 ing to the sharply pointed apex, in lateral view curved ventrad, 

 beaklike; genital styles as long as anal segment, ventral edge 

 straight with a curved emargination about middle, dorsal edge 

 produced angularly beyond middle, apex bluntly pointed, a small 

 round knob \\ith a minute curved spine on inner margin before 

 middle. 



Female. — Pregenital sternite longer than wide, hind edge sub- 

 angularly produced from sides to middle; anal segment small, 

 little longer than wide, subturbinate. 



Palawan, Malampaya (Schultze), Bureau of Science No. 

 13908; Luzon, several localities. This appears to be the com- 

 monest species of Zoraida in the Philippines. 



Zoraida melichari sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 18. 



Male. — Subcosta and radius separating about middle of 

 tegmen, subcosta faint, radial cell narrow, slightly widening 

 toward apex, with a "false vein" down the middle; four cubital 

 veins reaching hind margin ; four median sectors. 



Yellow or light brown, granulations on antennae darker, a 

 dark mediolateral mark on abdomen, genitalia reddish; a white, 



