52. Scoloposcelis parallelus (Motschulsky).

Anthocoris parallelus Motschulsky, Soc. Nat. Mose., Bull. 36 (3): 89, 1863.

Thirty-five specimens, Machanao, June 30, under bark of dead Elaeocarpus, Swezey and Usinger; one specimen, Upi Trail, May 5, in dead limb of pago, Usinger .

The femoral spines are minute but distinct. The species has been reported from Ceylon, Engano, Mentawei, Aru Islands, Java, and Formosa, and is said to be widely distributed in tropical Asia (Poppius, Wien. Ent. Zeitung 29: 140, 1910).