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basal ones of which are ashy, the others smaller, and blackish 
scaled behind the middle. 
ZYGOPIN^E 
Agametis proba sp. nov. 
Nigra, supra cervino-, subter ochroleuco-squamosa, rostro, 
antennis tibiisque ferrugineis ; funiculi articulo secundo articulis 
sequentibus dimidiaque clavae unitis aequante ; prothorace, vitta 
utrinque dense squamosa excepta, grosse parceque punctato; 
scutello trapezoidali, cervino-squamoso ; elytris dorso in primo 
triente depressiusculo, subseriato-punctatis, punctis squamula 
minuta pallidiore imperfecte expletis, sutura in dimidia parte 
basali denudato-rugulosa, post medium plaga communi rotun- 
dato-trigona, usque ad striam secundam extensa, albido-squa- 
mosa, post fascia nigricante, in spatio tertio antrorsum ducta, 
determinata, macula humerali oblonga spatiisque duobus extre- 
mis, apice exceptis, fuscescentibus. 
Long. 6 mm., lat. 2.7. 
Luzon, Mount Banahao. 
Similar to A. segnis Faust; above fawn-colored, below yel- 
lowish-white scaled; rostrum and antennae yellowish red, the 
former remotely and finely (in segnis in the whole basal part 
closely and coarsely) punctate in anterior half of basal part; 
second joint of funicle as long as all the following and the club 
together; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long on the median 
line (19 : 11), broadest in the middle, the sides before the acute 
posterior angles slightly sinuate, except a longitudinal scale stripe 
on each side, coarsely and especially on the disk, remotely callose- 
punctate ; scutellum trapeziform, densely, transversely ochraceous 
scaled ; elytra more than one and one-half times as long as broad 
(8 : 5), intervals slightly convex, only on the declivity with some 
seriate granules which, mostly, bear a longer whitish bristle; 
stria with paler scales which do not entirely fill the punctures , 
scaling of underside very dense, on sides of mesosternum com- 
posed of large ovate scales ; hind femora extending to apex of 
elytra, in apical half with brownish dorsal shading. 
Agametis festiva Pascoe. 
Agametis festiva Pasc. ( =pulchra Kirsch.), 7S an elegant spe- 
cies, distributed from Malacca through Borneo, Ceram, Batjan, 
and Amboina to New Guinea, occurs also in the Philippine 
Islands, where it was found by Baker ( 1319f ) at Dapitan, 
Mindanao. 
78 Heller, Abh. Ber. Mus. Di’esden No. 2 (1894) 5. 
