PHILOPONA. 



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97. Philopona decemmaculata, sp. uov. 



Body oblong-ovate, somew hat broadened behind the middle. 

 General c dour shining yellow-brown; suutellum piceous; each 

 elytron with five round black spots : two placed side by side at 

 the bise; two others, somew hat larger and similarly placed, just 

 behind the middle; and one small spot on the apical part, near 

 the suture. In one example these spots are obsolescent. The 

 suture for a little distance from the base is somewhat darker 

 than the yellow-brown ground-colour. 



Head with vertex finely punctate, frontal elevations and 

 interantennal carina well developed. Antennae extending a little 

 distance beyond the base of the prothorax, but not reaching the 

 middle of the elyua; first segment the longest and thickest, 

 club-shaped, second very short and thick, third to fifth slender and 

 almost equal to each other, .sixth and seventh equal to each other, 

 eighth to eleventh somewhat shorter and slightly thicker, but 

 equal to each other. Prothorax much broader than long, upper 

 surface finely and minutely punctate, basal transverse d^pre-sion 

 extending right along the basal margin, lateral margins explauate 

 and concave, .sides more or less rounded, anterior angles produced, 

 posterior angles almost right angles. ScutelJum triangular with 

 ap x rounded and surface impunctite. Elytra broader at base 

 than prothorax ; upper surface confusedly, closely and strongly 

 punctate; lateral margins somewhat explauate and concave. 

 Underside sparsely covered w itn fine pubescence ; posterior tibiae 

 short, ending in a small sharp spine; first segment of posterior 

 tar>i \ery short, claw-segment considerably inflated. 



Length, 4-4 1 mm. 



Tuavancoke: Wallardi, 5. ix. 1904 (R. P. Favre). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from two examples. 



98. Philopona signata, Duvivier. 



Hyphasis siynata, Dirviv., Aim. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 1892 ? 

 p. 429. 



Body oblong-ovate. General colour yellow-brown ; scute Hum 

 piceous ; the antennae (except the t*o or three basal segments), 

 a long stripe on each elytron extending from the depression 

 within the humeral callus to the apical part, but not reaching 

 the apical margin, ihe suture narrowly, the breast and the apices 

 of the posterior femora, pitchy-black : the pitchy colour varies iu 

 intensity, and in some cases the elvtral stripe is interrupted, but 

 can be faintly discerned. The pronotum in some examples has 

 a difiused pitchy-black colour on parts of the surface. The 

 labrum is black, also sometimes a small area in the middle of 

 the vertex. 



Head with vertex strongly punctate (except a little elevnted 

 area in the middle, which is iin punctate), the punctures being 

 deep pits, sometimes confluent with each other; interocular space 



