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oblong ring on basal third, a narrow, transverse, zigzag band 
just behind the middle, and a similar band in the transverse 
depressed area at apical fourth. Abdomen strongly convex, 
nearly glabrous, vaguely marked with fine crenulate lines, be- 
coming more distinct on basal segment; prosternum coarsely 
but not very densely scabrous ; prosternal lobe very broad, feebly, 
arcuately emarginate in front, the margin not elevated, anterior 
angles rounded ; intercoxal process nearly parallel sided to behind 
coxae, then arcuately emarginate to apex, which is long and 
acute; tarsi and claws black; tarsal lamellae yellowish. 
Length, 6.25 millimeters ; width, 2.25. 
Described from two specimens. The type from Davao, Min- 
danao ( Baker 8367 ) ; a paratype from the same locality as 
the type, without any number, is considerably smaller, measuring 
only 4.5 millimeters in length and 1.5 millimeters in width, and 
is slightly more cupreous than the type. 
Neotoxoscelus luzonicus sp. nov. 
Elongate, subparallel, feebly convex ; above shining black, with 
a feeble bluish reflection, pubescence on elytra forming distinct 
irregular designs ; beneath black, shining. 
Head with the front strongly convex, broadly excavated on 
the vertex and occiput, causing the sides to be feebly gibbose; 
surface finely strigose, the strigae transverse on the front and 
becoming concentric on the gibbosities, very sparsely pubescent ; 
epistoma obtusely angulate in front. Pronotum one-half wider 
than long, widest just behind middle, apex and base about 
equal in width; sides broadly, arcuately rounded to just behind 
middle, then abruptly, obliquely narrowed to posterior angles, 
which are broadly rounded ; anterior margin deeply emarginate, 
with a large, broadly rounded, median lobe^ the anterior angles 
acute; base strongly bisinuate with a broadly rounded lobe in 
front of scutellum; lateral carina short, arcuate and strongly 
elevated, distant from the margin and reaching from the apical 
fourth to just behind the middle; surface concave between 
la.teral carina and margin, and feebly, transversely depressed 
along basal third, densely, coarsely rugose and sparsely punctate, 
the punctures becoming coarser along lateral margin, where 
the surface is feebly reticulate, sparsely clothed with rather 
long, black pubescence. Scutellum broadly triangular, surface 
finely strigose-granulate. Elytra at base distinctly narrower 
than widest part of pronotum, feebly flattened on disk, basal 
depressions shallow; humeral angles obtusely rounded; sides 
