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Epilachna euneasficta Muls., Sjiec. Col. Trini. hociiv. p. 760. 



Hill). Soekaranda, Sinabong. 



Our examples agree perfectly. in the oblong OA^ate form, 

 narrowing from the second marginal spot, in the eoarse punc- 

 fuation and somewhat arcuate sub-apical spot, witli examples 

 from Java. The meso- and metasterna and four sogments of the 

 abdonien are nsuahv sufViised a\ ilh black, l)ut often red in the 

 middle. The second marginal spot is jxisterior to the discoidal 

 one, M'ilh whieh it frequcntiv nniles, forniing an angulated fascia, 

 Avhich does not toueh the sutnre. 



The fiflh segment in the sex l ]tresiime is ilic ni-.ilc. is 

 decply eilt out, the exeision is round and deprcssed and eiliat<'d 

 Avilh golden hair. and Ihe sixih scgmenl is earinalc ihe, 

 carina often dark or even blaek. This seems jo me imc of llie 

 most distinet speeies of the group. 



Epilachna taeniafa Muls., Spec. Col. Trim. seciir. p. 771. 



Hab. Soekaranda, 1 ex. 



It is a smaller and shorter lorm, (han E. rnneaalicfa. and 

 Uie subapical spot is not arcuate. 



Epilachna pytho Muls., Spec. Col. Trim. seciu-. )>. 777. 



Hab. Soekaranda, Liangagas. 



I ])0ssess examples from the Andaman Isles, with A\hich 

 these agree in the short orbicular form, with the subscutellar and 

 posterior sutural spots common, and cpnte fresed; in some the 

 sixth segment is neatly carinate, the fifth bciug entire. 



Epilachna favicollis, Thun. Nov. ins. spec. i. p. 18. f. 2(5. 



Epilachna incauta. Muls., Spec. Col. Trim. secur. \). 803., 

 Crolch. Rev. Coccin. p. 82. 



Epilachna Dumerili, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim. secur. j). 801. 



Hab. Soekaranda, Bekantiang, Liangagas. 



These three speeies are, it seems to me, to be united. As 

 Crolch observes, those that come from the mainland: China, India, 

 Cochin-ehina, Tenasserim, Burma and other places, have the 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1901. 



