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Buckton's description follows : 



Pronotum without carinations; metopidium and part of the dorsum 

 ochreous; tegmina dark brown with coarse but obscure neuration; the 

 wings ample and hyaline. In the figure these wings are seen spread 

 outside the tegmina; legs scarcely if at all spatulate. 



This somewhat obscure insect is figured as being an example taken in the 

 Philippine Islands of a genus usually thought to be exclusively American. 



Size, 3x2 mm. 



Taken by H. Cuming. (Hope Coll.) 



Habitat. — Luzon . 



Genus CENTROCHARES Stal 



Centrochares posticus Buckton. 



Pterygia postica BuCKTON, Mon* Memb. (1903), 70, PI. 11, figs. 4-5a. 

 ^ Centrochares horrificus (in part) Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci., 

 Sec. D (1915), 10, 370. 

 Centrochares posticus Distant, Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist. (1916), 

 VIII, 17, 314. 



Distant recognizes the male of C. posticus as distinct from 

 C. horrificus, of which I considered it a synonym, and regards 

 the female as still another species. 



Centrochares bucktoni Distant. 



Pterygia postica ? ? BucKTON; Mon. Memb. (1902), 70, PI. 11, fig. 4a. 

 Pterygia postica (as syn.) FuNKHOUSER, Phil. Journ. Sci., Sec. D 



(1915), 10, 370. 

 Centrochares bucktoni DISTANT, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1916), VIII, 



17, 314. 



The recognition of the female of Pterygia postica as a distinct 

 species and its dedication to Buckton are given without comment 

 by Distant in his rhynchotal notes. I am still unconvinced that 

 a long series of C. horrificus will not show forms that will 

 include both C. postica and C. bucktoni. The species shows a 

 great deal of variation. 



Centrochares horrificus Westwood. 



Centrochares horrificiis Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1915), 

 VIII, 16, 327. 



Add: Habitat. — Mindoro, Baco River {J. J. Mounsey). 

 Genus PYRGONOTA Stal 



Pyrgonota longiturris sp. nov. Plate I, figs. 1 and 2. 



Nearly uniform ferruginous brown, front of pronotal horn 

 and face slightly darker than the rest of the body; entire body 

 and tegmina densely punctate; tegmina opaque; posterior proc- 

 ess decurved, reaching beyond internal angle of tegmina, but 

 not to its tip ; thorax armed with teeth on lateral margins ; tibiae 



