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another still larger one at each lateral margin. Elytra finely 

 punctate-striate. Each elytron with nine large blue oval scale 

 spots, which approach each other closely. The spots are ar- 

 ranged in three cross rows; the basal row contains two, the 

 medial three, the postmedial two, one marginal spot is located 

 between the medial and latter row and another spot on 

 the apical triangle. Underside and legs irregularly punctured 

 and finely setose, especially the tibiae. 



Length, 11.5 millimeters; width of elytra, 4.5. 



Luzon, Benguet, Baguio (0. Schiitze). Type in my collec- 

 tion. 



This species looks very much like small speciemens of Pachyr- 

 rhynchus congestus Pasc. and was collected together with that 

 species from the same plant. 



Homalocyrtus pretiosus sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 9, ? . 



Dark brown. Rostrum anteriorly broader than at the base. 

 A very strongly pronounced medial groove reaching to the front 

 beset with golden green scales and a well-pronounced basal 

 cross groove. Apical part densely and finely punctured, the 

 punctuation toward the base becoming coarse and on the vertex 

 scattered and sparse. An oblong scale spot at the sides of head. 

 Prothorax broader than long, a fine anterior submarginal groove, 

 coarsely and densely punctured, especially toward the sides, the 

 punctuation confluent. A longitudinal irregular medial groove- 

 like depression beset with golden green scales and an oblong 

 spot laterad from before the middle to the hind margin. Late- 

 ral marginal area also with golden scales, the same continued 

 along the anterior margin, forming a narrow band which is in- 

 terrupted discally. Elytra of female evenly oval in form, the 

 hind slope evenly rounded; male with an oblong bare protu- 

 berance at the suture and posterior decline. The latter nearly 

 rectangular. The elytra coarsely and irregularly but moderately 

 densely punctured, the punctures confluent near the suture, from 

 each puncture a fine hair arises. Each elytron with a series of 

 nine, more or less distinct, longitudinal golden green scale stripes ; 

 these are very irregular and interrupted, especially at the 

 middle somewhat laterad where thus two bare cross bands 

 are formed. These bare areas are still larger in the male. 

 Underside finely setose, a lateral marginal spot at the meso- 

 thoracic segment, abdominal segments rugose laterally^ Legs 

 finely setose, reddish brown, black at the apex of the femora 

 and tibise, the latter with a number of small tubercles on the 

 underside. Tarsi black and finely setose. 



