244 COCCINELLIDJE. 



We have a specimen of this insect from Salle's collection, and there is another in 

 the Cambridge collection which Crotch placed with E. aubwi, and is apparently one 

 of the examples he alludes to under that species, when he says " in mature specimens 

 the elytra have a dark central fascia." The insect before us is, however, broader 

 and differently coloured, and does not look at all like a variety of E. auhcei. The 

 elytra have their margins very narrowly renexed ; they are nearly as broad as long, 

 clothed with a very fine downy pubescence ; the basal fascia occupies the callus, and 

 thins off and becomes indistinct towards the scutellum ; the central fascia is only very 

 narrowly interrupted at the suture. The underside, coxae, and femora are black, the 

 tips of the latter, the tibiae, and tarsi being orange-red. 



17. Epilachna aubasi. 



Epilachna Aubei, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 810 \ 

 Epilachna Aubm, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 62 2 . 



Hah. Mexico 1 , Chilpancingo 4600 feet, Omilteme 8000 feet and Xautipa, all in 

 Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Parada, Yolos, Yolotepec, Juquila (Salle). 



18. Epilachna amplexata. 



Epilachna amplewata, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 856 1 ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 62 2 . 

 Bab. Mexico x 2 . 



I cannot identify any examples I have seen with this species. Although the type 

 would seem to have passed into Crotch's collection, it is not to be found there, nor 

 does the name stand there now. He remarks of it, " Very close to E. aubcei, but 

 differs by having the coarse punctures apparent." 



19. Epilachna vanpatteni. (Tab. XIII. fig. 22.) 



Breviter ovata, valde convexa, nitida, parum pubescens, castaneo-rufa ; prothorace macula transversa ; elytris 

 singulis punctis tribus basalibus (suturali communi), fascia nee marginem nee suturam attingente, punctis 

 tribus post medianis (suturali communi), et punctis tribus subapicalibus in triangulum dispositis, corpore 

 infra pedibusque nigris. Long. 6 millim. 



Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten). 



Var. Prothorace, pedibus et corpore concoloribus immaculatis, elytrorum signatura segre discreta. 



Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion). 



The single example from Costa Rica cannot be assigned to any species known to me, 

 and is well and definitely marked. The specimen from the Volcan de Atitlan is more 

 pubescent, and has all the marks cloudy and ill-defined ; it might have been mistaken 

 for E. borealis, but the fascia following the three basal spots, and the three subapical 

 spots following the three postmedian ones, differentiate E. vanpatteni from that species. 

 We figure the type from Costa Rica. 



