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Philippine Journal of Science 
1920 
Megopis (Baralipton) sanchezi sp. nov. Plate 1, fig. 6, $ . 
Grayish brown, head, prothorax, and elytra covered with very 
fine pubescence. Head with a dimplelike depression on the front 
from which a well-pronounced medial line issues, reaching on 
to vertex. Antennary bases strongly produced. Antennae of 
male slightly longer than body; of female one-fourth shorter 
than body. First joint twice as long as broad; first, third, and 
fourth joints closely granulated, finely and rather sparsely 
pubescent; last seven joints somewhat glossy. Third joint of 
male as long as fourth, fifth, and sixth joints together; third 
joint of female longer than fourth, fifth, and sixth joints to- 
gether. Extreme apical part of each joint, except the last, 
blackish. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, gaining in width 
toward the base. Posterior-lateral angles produced, forming 
a flattened toothlike projection. Discal area with an irregular 
broad swelling toward the posterior margin. Elytra with in- 
ner and middle costae strongly raised, castaneous brown, 
connected by a cross branch at the apical fourth. Outer costa 
faintly indicated in the basal half, but shortly before the middle 
it is more distinct, continued in two branches, the inner one 
of which runs into the medial costa, the outer one ending near 
the apex. A short spine at the apical termination of the suture. 
Abdominal segments and legs less densely pubescent. La^st 
ventral segment of male strongly emarginate. 
Male, length, 42.5 millimeters; width, 10.8. Female, length, 
51.5 millimeters; width, 15. 
Luzon, Benguet, Baguio {W. Schultze). Types in my col- 
lection. 
This species is very destructive to the Benguet pine. On 
several visits to the pine-clad mountains of Benguet around 
Baguio and on the trail to Mount Santo Tomas I came across 
a number of old trees of Pinus insularis Endl., which were badly 
infested by a species of cerambycid. In 1917 I succeeded in 
rearing an adult of Megopis sanchezi from some larvae that 
were kept in a piece of pine log.® 
® In my Catalogue of the Coleoptera of the Philippine Islands, page 
106, the above new species was erroneously identified as Megopis cingalensis 
White; therefore, the latter name should be eliminated from the Philip- 
pine list, and M. sanchezi is to be added. 
