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Philippine Journal of Science 
1919 
Mindanao, Surigao, Iron Deposit (my collector). Types in 
my collection. This species was found feeding on Ixonanthes 
longipedunculata Merr., also a new species, and a genus new to 
the Philippine flora. 
Several specimens of this species were collected on Biliran 
Island, near Leyte, by my friend R. C. McGregor. Since R. 
merrilli is the first species of this genus to become known from 
the Philippine Islands, I wish to call attention to Heller’s 5 re- 
marks concerning the range or locality distribution and expan- 
sion of Rhinoscapha in comparison with the expansion of the 
pachyrrhynchids. 
Alcides figuratus sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 15. 
Subcylindrical, black, with creamy white bands. Related to 
A. catanduanensis Schultze. Rostrum sparsely and irregularly 
punctured in the basal half. Front with a well-pronounced de- 
pression. Vertex of head very finely punctured. Prothorax 
strongly coriaceous. A broad anterior submarginal band, inter- 
rupted at the middle, extending to the prosternum; another 
posterior marginal band, also interrupted at the middle. Elytra 
striate-punctate, the punctures rather coarse, particularly at 
the basal half. A combination of bands forming the figure a 
extending from the suture behind the scutellum to before the 
middle and to the margin. Another crossband beyond the 
middle reaching from one lateral margin to the other, a short 
branch extending forward at the suture. Apical triangle with a 
V-shaped marking. Legs finely and sparsely punctured. 
Length, 15:5 millimeters, without rostrum; width, 5.8. 
Dinagat Island (my collector). Type in my collection. 
Another nearly related species is the following: 
Alcides adversarius sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 14. 
Subcylindrical, shiny black, with creamy white bands. Pro- 
thorax irregularly punctured, the punctation toward the base and 
lateral margins gradually coarser and confluent. An anterior 
submarginal oblong spot laterally, and a band at the posterior 
margin, interrupted at the middle, expanded and spotlike dis- 
cally, extending to the lateral margin. Elytra striate-punctate, 
the punctures much finer than in A. figuratus. At the 
basal half a crossband, which is spotlike and expanded at the 
suture and extends in a curve to the lateral margins. Beyond 
the middle another crossband, interrupted at the suture, ex- 
6 Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 7 (1912) 298. 
