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274 Philippine Journal of Science » Nueva Viscaya Province, Imugan (Baker). It appears to be abundant at Baguio, but is represented by a few specimens from the other localities. Halictus philippinensis Ashmead. Halictus philippinensis Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 28 (1904) 128; Cockerell, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 36 (1909) 419; Crawford, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 19 (1918) 169, 170. Luzon, Manila (Stanton) Laguna Province, Los Baiios (Baker) ; Mount Maquiling (Baker) Mountain Province, Baguio (Baker) Tayabas Province, Malinao (Baker) Leyte, Tacloban (Baker). Panay, Antique Province, Culasi (McGregor), June, 1918. Negros, Cuernos Mountains (Baker). Mindanao, Davao (Baker) ; Cagayan (Baker) ; Zamboanga (Baker). Basilan (Baker). Palawan, Puerto Princesa (Baker) This is the commonest and most widespread Halictus in the Archipelago, extending from Luzon to Mindanao and Palawan, A specimen from Los Bafios carries a manuscript name given by Friese. Halictus philippinensis var. nigritarselhis var. nov. Male. — Hind tarsi dark; flagellum dark or dusky beneath. The tarsi are entirely without yellow, but the last joint is ferruginous apically. Type of the variety from Pagsanhan, Laguna Province; others from Mount Maquiling and Los Banos, Luzon. All from Baker. Halictus thoracicus sublustrans subsp. nov. Female. — Length, about 6 millimeters; similar to H. thoraci-eus Friese, from Java, but with the abdomen shining and tegulse, stigma, and nervures piceous or black. The dense tomentum on the postscutellum is white, often with a delicate ocherous tint. The species is very peculiar for the wholly dull area of the metathorax, with large reticulations, and especially for the sculpture of the mesothorax, which appears rough under a lens but under the microscope is seen to have a raised network or cancellation all over, entirely different from the fine tessellation often seen on the thorax of bees. Luzon, Nueva Viscaya Province, Imugan (Baker), 5 (including the type) Mount Banahao (Baker) 2. Panay, Antique Province, Culasi (Mcgregor) 3, at flowers of Homalanthus populneus Pax, June 3, 1918.
Shorea.'] Dipterocarpacece . 117 lous ; fl. small, nearly sessile on one side of the spreading or drooping branches of long lax axillary and apparently terminal panicles ; sep. hood-oval, obtuse, densely pubescent ; pet. \ in., erect, linear-oblong, the margin revolute, silky outside ; stam. about 60, with three terminal bristles ; fruitsep. pubescent, the larger 2^-2f in., obovate-oblong, the shorter 2 in., oblong-linear, nut f in., pointed, finely pubescent. Moist low country ; rather common. Eknaligoda ; Hiniduma ; Singhe Raja ; Moragala ; Avisawella ; Labugama. Fl. April-June ; yellow with pink base. Endemic. Very near S. Ttimbugaia, Roxb., of S. India. Liable to produce the curious hop-like galls noticed under Doona cordifolia. Called ' Dun ' in W. Prov. 2. S. Dyerii, Thw. in Trim. Joiirn. Bot. xxiii. 204 (1885). C.P. 4010. Tree, young parts finely pubescent ; 1. (upper) 2^-3 in., narrowly ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, gradually tapering to shortly acuminate, obtuse or subacute apex, paler beneath, lat. veins 12-14, petioles | in., slender, puberulous ; fl. numerous, sessile, rather closely placed along upper side of short divaricate branches of lax spreading axillary and terminal panicles ; sep. broad-oval, subacute, densely pubescent; pet. oblong-oval, flat, spreading, \ in., densely silky outside ; stam. about 60, anth. with a strongly ciliated apiculus half as long as themselves ; style very short ; fruit not seen. 'South of the Island' (Thwaites). I have no further information about this species, which has not been again collected. Fl. red. Endemic. The material for this species is imperfect. 3. S. reticulata, Thw. in Fl. B. Ind. \. 307 (1874). C. P. 3884. A tree, young parts glabrous ; 1. 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate, attenuate, acute, glabrous, shining above, paler beneath, lat. veins 11, curved, not very prominent, tertiary veins reticulate, petioles \ in., channelled above ; fl. not seen ; fruit-sep. pubescent, the larger 2-2;^ in., the smaller i-i^ in., wings linear 7-9 veined. Only known from the C. P. specimen, collected in Morowak Korale, Sept. 1865. 4. S. lissophylla, Thw. Enum. 402 (1858). C. P. 3407. Fl. B. Ind. i. 307. A large tree, with blackish bark, young shoots glabrous ; 1. 3-5 in., broadly ovate, rounded or subcadate at base, abruptly and shortly acuminate, obtuse, coriaceous, smooth
1 1 8 Dipterocarpaceae. [Doona. and shining on both sides, paler beneath, lat. veins 6-8, distant, much curved, petioles i in,, glabrous, thick ; fl. on very short ped., nodding, arranged in short branches of lax elongated axillary panicles shorter than 1.; sep. broadly ovate, acute, pubescent ; pet. nearly h in,, linear, acute, spreading, pubescent outside; stam. about 35, anth. bearded; fruit not seen. Moist low country; rather rare. Singhe Raja Forest; Maddegatte, S, Prov. ; Nillowe, near Akuressa, S, Prov. Fl. April. Endemic. Called 'Malmora' in S. Prov. 5. S. stipularis, Thw. Enuvi. 36 (1858). C. P. 3408. Fl. B. Ind. i. 307. A large tree, young shoots glabrous ; 1. 5-7 in. or more, broadly oblong-oval or rotundate, rounded at base, suddenly acuminate or caudate, obtuse, glabrous on both sides, coriaceous, midrib very prominent beneath, channelled above, lat. veins 16-18, petioles 1^-3 in., thick and fleshy, stip. large, I in., erect, oval, obtuse, with numerous parallel veins, very persistent ; fl. not seen ; fruit-sep. glabrous, the larger 5 in., the shorter 2\ in., base very thick, wings very obtuse, with 9-1 1 veins. Var. B minor, TJiikj. in Trim. Jotim. Bot. x.\iii. 205. C. P. 4024 and 3987 (part). Leaves much smaller, 3 in. long, the apex strongly twisted, very finely but densely pubescent beneath, stip. acute, pubescent ; fl. not seen ; fruit as in the type. Moist low country up to 3000 ft.; rather rare. Karawita-Kanda; Singhe Raja Forest ; Morowak Korale. Var. /3. Morowak Korale. Fl. not seen. Endemic. There are often produced in the leaf-axils hard pale-green finely lobulated and rounded masses viscous on the surface and formed of crowded coral-like abortive branches. These may be of similar character to those on Hopea Wightiana, Wall, as figured in Wight, 111. t. 37. Var. /3. may be a separate species. S. brevipetiolaris, Thw. in Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 9, is not a member of this genus, but perhaps referable to Balanocarpus (q. v.). 3. DOONA, TJnu. Large trees ; 1, conduplicate, obtusely acuminate, glabrous, with small deciduous stip, ; fl. small, with articulated ped., in axillary and terminal panicles; sep. 5, 3 outer much larger; pet. 5, slightly connate at base, stam, 15, fil. usually connate at base, anth.-cells apiculate, connective prolonged
1 20 Dipterocarpaceae. [Doona. veins numerous, slender, inconspicuous, pellucid, with minute reticulations between, margins at base usually rigidly revolute, giving a rhomboidal form to the leaf, petiole ^ in., slender, curved ; fl. \ in. diam., panicles few-fld., lax, axillary and terminal, shorter than or scarcely exceeding 1., ped. ^ in., glabrous ; sep. obtuse, glabrous ; pet. oval, obtuse, entire or notched at tip, minutely silky outside ; appendage as long as anth. ; ov. glabrous ; enlarged fruit-sep. 1 1/4 in., wings obovate oblong, obtuse, twisted, with about 10 inconspicuous veins; nut quite concealed by enlarged base of sep., sharply pointed. Lower montane zone and upper zone of moist low country, 10004000 ft.; common and formerly much more so. Fl. March-May; pale rose colour or quite white. The enlarged sep., when half grown, a brilliant crimson. Endemic. A characteristic tree of the lower hill-forests, now much cleared. The mode of branching horizontally chiefly at the top, and the preference of the tree for the crests of hills, which causes their outlines to stand out against the sky, gives the tree at a distance much the appearance of the Stone Pine of Italy. The timber is light, moderately hard, pale greyish-brown, durable, and greatly in request for shingles, whence the tree is often called • shingle-tree.' It burns with a bright flame. An excellent colourless Dammar-like resin exudes from the trunk. 2. D. affinis, Thw. Enum. 35 (1858). C. P. 3409. Fl. B. Ind. i. 311. A large tree, twigs glabrous ; 1. 2-2^ in., lanceolate, rounded at base, caudate-acuminate, rather thick, drooping, lat, veins numerous, inconspicuous, much arched, midrib channelled above, margin revolute at base and slightly recurved throughout ; fl. drooping, articulated on rather long ped., in axillary and terminal panicles about as long as 1., nearly \ in. diam. ; sep. oblong, obtuse, very resinous ; pet. silky on back ; appendage about \ length of anth. ; enlarged fruit-sep. rather less than \\ in., wings broadly oblong spathulate. Moist low country; very rare. Singhc Raja Forest, April 1S55; Kokawita, Kukul Korale, 1892 (Lewis). Endemic. Fl. March ; creamy-white. More material is required for the satisfactory determination of this species. C. P. 3712 was accidentally referred to this by Thwaites (Enum. 402), and the description in Fl. H. Ind. is taken from that C. P. number (which is from Lihinigala, Hewesse, collected in March, 1861). The specimens are in young bud, and differ from D. ajjinis in the venation of the leaves, which is intermediate between that of D. venulosa Thw. and D. oblonga to one of which species they belong.
126 Dipterocarpaceae. [Sunaptea. 3. H.(?) cordifolia, Trim. Vatica (?) cordifolia, Thw. Enum. 404. C. P. 3726. Fl. B. Ind. i. 303. A very large tree, bark thick, with deep, longitudinal fissures, nearly black, young parts softly pubescent ; 1. large, 5-7 in., ovate -oblong, strongly cordate at base, subacute, glabrous, shining above, lat. veins 5-7, oblique, conspicuous beneath, with glandular pits in 2 or 3 of their axils, petioles I in., rugose, stip. very small, subulate, caducous ; fl. not seen ; enlarged fruit-sep. 3^—4 in., wings oval-oblong, not tapering to base, 9-veined, nut I in., pointed ; cotyledons deeply divided into 2 long lobes. Intermediate region at 1500-2000 ft.; very rare. Along banks of streams at Tanamilwila and Telula, near the Wellaway River, in Atakalan Korale. Endemic. Leaves only were first collected in Sept. 1857, and were doubtfully referred by Thwaites to Vatica. Specimens (old and half-rotten) of the fruit have been sent to me (April, 1891) by Mr. Broun, and appear to indicate a Hopea., but flowers are still wanting, and the correct position of the tree cannot be determined at present. It is called ' Mendora ' where it grows. Wood heavy, hard, yellow, smooth, and shining. 5. SUNAPTEA, Griff. Trees ; fl. in short axillary panicles, with large deciduous bracts; sep. and pet. 5; stam. 15, apiculate ; fruit-sep. all enlarged, 2 much more so than the others, wing-like, erect, loosely surrounding the nut, the bases not thickened ; cotyledons slightly unequal, bilobed. — Sp. about 10; 5 in FL B. Ind. This is the section of Vatica called Eu-Vatica in Fl. B. Ind., but the fruiting cal. is quite unlike that of Vatica, and it cannot come under Linnaeus' genus (see Trim, in Journ. Bot. x.xiii. 204). S. batttafnensis and S. ba7ica7ia are figured by Burck (1. c. tt. 27 and 28), and 6". astrotricha, S. Dyeri, and S.faginca by Pierre (Fl. For. Cochinch. tt. 240-242). Leaves finely scabrous beneath . . . i. S. scabriuscula Leaves glabrous beneath. . . . . 2. S. ij) disticha. I. S. scabriuscula, Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. I'l. 9 (1885). Namendora, .S. [Plate XIL] Vateria {Stemonoporus) scabriuscula, Thw. Eninn. 404. Vatica scabriuscula, A. UC. in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 620. C. P. 3708, 3542. Fl. B. Ind.i. 303.{Vatica). A large tree, young shoots woolly-pubescent ; 1. 4-5 in., lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, glabrous above, very finely scabrous and white with stellate
The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 19 NOVEMBER, 1921 No. 5 NEW PHILIPPINE COLEOPTERA By K. M. Heller Zoological Museum, Dresden THREE PLATES In continuation of my studies upon the coleopterous fauna of the Philippine Islands I describe, in the present paper, further new species and varieties, for the greater part of which I am indebted to Prof. C. F. Baker, dean of the College of Agriculture, Los Bafios. These species are recorded herein without indication of the name of collector; but, where a species is represented by more than one specimen, the number that corresponds with other specimens at Professor Baker's disposal is given. Besides this important and excellent collection, I have had in hand for some time a part of the material belonging to the Bureau of Science, Manila, which I shall work up later. Among the latter is a weevil, imported with seeds from Australia into the Philippine Islands, which I believe is new; this is described, as are also some other Malayan Curculionidse that are so nearly allied to Philippine species that their inclusion here seemed desirable. Moreover, it was necessary to erect a new Australian genus Riboseris upon Petosiris pars and to correct the systematic position of my Endemic apicalis x which is a Blepiarda. The following is a list of the new species dealt with in this paper, those marked with an asterisk being extra-philippine. For practical reasons the families are not arranged in strictly 1 Philip. Journ. Sci. D 10 (1915) 29. 182517 523
THE PHILIPPINE WASPS OF THE SUBFAMILY SPHECINSE By S. A. Rohwer Honorary Custodian of Hymenoptera, United States National Museum The wasps belonging to the subfamily Sphecinse are often called "thread-waisted" because of the petiolated abdomen. The habits and prey of the group vary considerably. The Chlorionini nest in the ground and provision their nests with Orthoptera. The Sphecini also nest in the ground but use lepidopterous larvae as food for their young. The Sceliphronini are usually called "mud-daubers" because of their habit of constructing mud nests which are provisioned with spiders. The group is easily recognized by the three complete cubital cells ; petiolate abdomen ; long propodeum, in which the spiracles are well removed from the base ; the presence of two calcaria on intermediate tibiae; rather large size; etc. Key to the Philippine tribes of the subfamily Sphecinse. 1. Second and third cubital cells each receiving a recurrent vein; propodeum without a U-shaped area on its dorsal surface; robust species with a short petiole Chlorionini. Second cubital cell receiving both recurrent veins ; slender forms with a long petiole 2. 2. Propodeum without a U-shaped area on its dorsal surface; female with a tarsal comb Sphecini. Propodeum with a U-shaped area on its dorsal surface; tarsal claws with an inner tooth; female without a tarsal comb Sceliphronini. Tribe CHLORIONINI Genus CHLORION Latreille The species of this genus were monographed by Kohl in 1890 under the generic name Sphex and they are still often assigned to that genus, which is however properly applied to species assigned to Ammophila. Key to Philippine species of the genus Chlorion. 1. Tarsal claws with one inner tooth 2. Tarsal claws with two inner teeth 3. 665
ADDITIONS TO THE HERPETOLOGICAL FAUNA OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, I By Edward H. Taylor Of Manila, Philippine Islands SEVEN PLATES New and rare frogs, lizards, and snakes have been found during recent herpetological collecting in parts of the Philippines. Although these collections were made prior to the actual publication of my monographs, 1 the descriptions could not be included therein because those books were in type. For this reason papers on these new collections will be published in the Philippine Journal of Science, of which the present is the first. The following notes from my field books show where the chief collections were made and collecting dates: NORTHERN LUZON I returned to the Philippine Islands from the United States in 1920 and arrived at Manila on March 30. On April 11, I proceeded to Baguio where I joined Prof. H. Otley Beyer and Dr. Robert L. Schofield. April 12. Specimens of Kaloula rigida sp. nov, Rana luzonensis, and Sphenomorphus jagori were collected near Bagnio. April 13. Our party left Baguio for the north, going by automobile to kilometer 14. Here I collected a few specimens of Polypedates leucomystax, Rana luzonensis, and Rana magna. We reached camp 30 in the evening. April 14. An adult specimen of Oxyrhabdium leporinum was collected. April 15. The day was spent in the vicinity of Haight's place, Pauai, but no reptile or amphibian was seen or heard. Mr. Haight said that frogs were occasionally seen. April 16. Collecting along the trail between Haight's and camp 88 yielded neither amphibian nor reptile. April 17. A specimen of Cornufer subterrestris was collected at kilometer 101. Professor Beyer left for Cervantes. April 18. A specimen of Peropus mutilatus was taken in the presidency of Subangan. Specimens of a Mabuya were shot near the trail. 1 Amphibians and turtles of the Philippine Islands, Bureau of Science publication 15 reprint from Philip. Journ. Sci. Manila (1921) 193 pp, 17 pis, 9 text figs. Snakes of the Philippine Islands, Bureau of Science publication 16. Manila (1922) 312 pp, 37 pis, 32 text figs. Lizards of the Philippine Islands, Bureau of Science publication 17. Manila (1922) 262 pp, 23 pis, 53 text figs, in press. 161
Hopea.] XX. dipterocarpaceae. 235 Stamens 15, rarely 10 ; anthers ovate ; cells equal, connective prolonged into a fine awn. Ovary 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled; style cylindric. Fruit surrounded by the 5 enlarged sepals, free to base, 2 outer wings long linear, 3 inner ones not longer than fruit, connate in a cup at base, closely appressed to the small nut. Species about 35, Indo-Malaya. The timber of Hopeas, known as Merawan, is light red and rather soft. The Dammar (Dammar Mata Kuching) is clear and transparent, as it is in Balanocarpus. i. Eu-HOPEA. Leaf-nerves 8 to 18 pairs. Inflorescence usually silky. Leaves large, stiff coriaceous, ovate ; nerves 8 pairs; flowers glabrous . . . . (i) H. nutans Leaves small, thin; nerves 10 to 18 pairs distinct prominent ; flowers where known white silky Leaves 4 to 5 in. long; fruit-wings 4 in. long . (-) H. nervosa Leaves 3 in. long; fruit-wings 2-5 in. long oblanceolate . . . . . . (3) H. Curtisii Leaves thin, 3 in. long; fruit-wings linear-oblong. (4) H. globosa Leaves stiff, ovate, 2"5 in. long; nerves 8 pairs, faint . . . . . . . (5) H. albescens Leaves stiff ovate ; nerves 10 pairs; fruit-wings elliptic broad, i"5 by -5 in. long . . . (6) H. Lowii Leaves lanceolate, cuspidate; nerves 6 pairs . (7) H. multiflora ii. Dryobalanoides. Leaves stiff ; nerves faint very numerous, parallel. Inflorescence glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, base shortly narrowed . (8) H. micrantha Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate . . (9) H. Pierrei Leaves broad ovate, base round, very smooth and stiff (10) H. Mengerawan Leaves small; branches, nerves on back, and inflorescence pubescent . . . . (11) H. pubescens (i) H. nutans Ridl. I3ranches moderately stout, black glabrous. Leaves ovateelliptic stiffly coriaceous, glabrous base round broad, smooth above; nerves elevate beneath about 8 pairs ascending; nervules horizontal inconspicuous beneath, reticulations invisible, 5 in. long, 3-5 in. wide ; petioles -5 in. long. Panicle of 2 or 3 branches, 2 in. long pubescent, fascicled in the axils. Flowers small, few, sessile, nodding, glabrous. Sepals 2 outer oblong coriaceous, 3 inner ovate, shorter and thinner. Petals oblong truncate, toothed at the tip with i long and 2 short teeth. Stamens 15, very short; awns longer than the anthers. Ovary conic, glabrous ; style short. Fruit globose, glabrous, '25 in. long with a short point, outer wings oblong; nerves 10, 2*25 in. long, "5 in. wide, inner wings ovate, free to base, shorter than fruit. Hah. Forests, Pahang, Kwantan (E. J. Hanbury, flowers). Ulu Rumpin (Foxworthy, fruit). Native names : Giam (not the Giam of Sumatra) ; Bunga Merpak. I have little doubt that the fruiting specimen belongs to the same species as the flowering one, as it agrees in foliage. The fruit very closely resembles
91 flowered. Flowers nearly 2 in. long. Calyx glaucous, glabrous. Petals puberulous, linear, blunt. Stanens 15. Fruit (immature) ellipsoid, wingless, glaucous, smooth ; the enlarged calyx-lobes linear-oblong, blunt, 3nerved, inconspicuously reticulate, shining, 3'5 in. long and 6 to "8 in. broad. Dyer in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 103, D. hirtus, Vesque, Comptes-Rendus, 1874, 78, p. 627 ; Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 1.51 ; Dyer 1. c. 154. Malacca; Maiigay (Kew Distrib.) No. 190. Perak : Scortechini, No. 1955. Distrib. Borneo: (fide Dyer), Beccari, 779, 1883. Burck (Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Vol. 6, p 196) reduces this to D. Tamparan, Korth. Korthals however describes the fruit of that species as having accrescent calyx-lobes 13 inches long by 3 broad. 2. DiPTEROCARPuS ScORTECHiNii, King, n. sp. A large tree : young branches rather stout, densely clothed, (as are the short cylindric buds, the petioles and racemes) with large tufts of coarse, brownish, shining hairs. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-ovate, or sometimes elliptic-sub-ovate, sub-entire, abruptly and shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base ; upper surface glabrous or glabrescent, the nerves sparsely stellate-pubescent, the midrib tomentose ; under surface sparsely stellate-pubescent, the nerves (and especially the midrib) with long silky hairs intermixed : main nerves 36 to 18 pairs, straight, oblique, very prominent beneath : length 6 to 7"5 in., breadth 3 to 35 in , petiole 1 to 1"2 in. Racemes few-flowered, short-Fruit (? immature) ovoid, contracted under the mouth, glaucous, stellate-pubescent, '75 in. long and '5 in. in diam ; accrescent calyx-lobes linear-oblong, reticulate, slightly narrowed in the lower half, the apex obtuse, obscurely 3nerved (the middle nerve bold, the two lateral faint), 4 to 5 in. long and •8 to 1 in. broad. Perak : Scortechini, No. 1813. This is closely allied to D. crinitus. Dyer, to which Scortechini doubtfully referred it. It differs from B. crinitus in its larger leaves and stellate-pubescent fruit. It has also a different time of flowering; for, as Scortechini remarks in his field notes, this is in immature fruit in the beginning of March, while D. crinitus does not come into flower until the end of April. 3. DiPTEROCARPUS Skinneri, King, n. sp. A tall tree; young branches thin, deciduously tawny-pubescent. Buds cylindric, narrow, golden-sericeous. Leaves oblong-elliptic, narrowed in the upper half or third to the acute or shortly acuminate apex, slightly narrowed to the rounded base, upper surface glabrous or sparsely adpressed-pubescent, the midrib tomentose, the lower sparsely stellate-pubescent, the midrib and J6 to 19 pairs of straight oblique nerves adprcssed-sericeous ; nerves prominent on the lower, faint on the upper, surface when dry : 383