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than \vilh />. fiimkla. and I Ihink it. represents one widcly sprcud 

 species. Six cxamples. 



Epilachna 28 -punctata. 



('occinella 28-puiicfafa Fab. Svst. Ent. p. 34: Muls., Spet-. 

 Col. Trim. secur. p. 836; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. j). 87. 



Hab. Soekaranda, Liang-agas, Sinabong. 



Tbc cxamples froni an}- one loealitj' often agree verv nearlv, 

 bul Oll Üie olher band we have examples from Soekaranda, 

 whieli var\ in size and apparentlv in ibe lengib of ouUine, and 

 some of wbieb bave tbe two post-sentellar spots eeparated, sonie 

 lonebing obbque bnt not fresed, otbers in wbieb tbey ave IVesed 

 into <me eonimon spot. Soine bave tbe posterior pair of sniural 

 spots qnite separate, and from tbat of all degrees of Separation 

 and Union, to a common spot, when if of sbort form, we ^et 

 E. pj/tho Muls. : but what shall we do witb tbe intermcdiate 

 fornis? A very great nnmber of examples were taken bv Herr 

 Dohrn; in iiearly all tbese tbe iborax is spotless. I give tbe 

 deeidedly recognized forms under the uames, most of tbem I l)elieve 

 to be distinct, bnt I doubt a great many. Tbey require 

 studying wbilc in life and b}' careful Separation of tbose examples 

 taken actually in copulation, by a competent specialist, wbo is 

 acquainted witb tbe species described and the ditferences, on 

 wbicb tbe> bave bcen founded. 



Epilachna Weismanni Muls., Spec. Col. Trirn. secur. 

 p. 832. 



Hab. Soekaranda. Liangagas. 



Tbe examples, six from Soekaranda, one from Liangagas 

 agree in tbe large size, broad cordate form witb tbose in niy 

 collection from Cclebcs, and in baving a small marginal sub- 

 humeral sjiol : tbey bave bowever a spot dose to tbe aj)ex, 

 Avbicb niv Celeb<\s oncs bave not. Tbe breast is suflused: but tbcse 

 cbaractccs bave in niy opinion no specific value. 



Stett. eutomol. Zoit. 1901. 



