56 EPILACHNA. 



c. With two longitudinal vittse, joined at top or bottom. 



77. With a large discoidal patch inclosing two bronzed dots 

 transversely placed. 



L. 3^ — 4 lin. Peru (Fry). This passes through variations which 

 seem to include E. patricia. 



Epilachna imperfecta sp. n. 



Elytra with an ovate spot under the callus, and a very 

 obsolete dash between it and the margin ochi-eous, also at three- 

 fourths two sublinear approximated spots; the external ones are 

 close to the margin. L. 4 lin. Peru (Reiche). 



Very closely allied to E. variabilis, but I have seen no variety 

 of that insect which approaches the present species. 



Epilachna archidonae sp. n. 



Oblong, not narrowed behind, purplish-bronze, closely and 

 coarsely punctate, elytra each with four small orange spots, two at 

 one-fourth, and two at three-fourths ; the anterior series slightly 

 concave in front, the posterior series nearly straight. 



L. 3 lin. Archidona (B.M.), Bolivia (Deyrolle). Epipleurse 

 acuminate. 



This is a variation of a species of which I have not seen the 

 type. 



Epilachna persimilis sp. n. 



Near E. Archidonce, but smaller, outline more uniform, punc- 

 tuation closer and more uniform, elytra! spots whitish ochreous ; 

 the anterior series forms a straight line, the sutural ones being 

 larger and more oval ; the posterior series is concave behind. 

 L. 3 lin. Peru (Fry). 



Epilachna inconstans sp. n. 



Oblong ovate, dilated at the shoulders, greenish-blue, shining 

 with a short pruinose pubescence; head rather strongly punctate, 

 thorax more finely and closely so; elytra unequally almost sub- 

 rugosely punctate, the coarse punctures not deeply impressed; 

 epipleurse reaching the apex, ventral process Aery sparingly punc- 

 tate. L. 3£ lin. Ecuador (Buckley). The females are more ovate 

 and hardly dilated at the shoulder. This species has a parallel range 

 of variations with E. variabilis, and is not impossibly identical 

 with E. dives, but the type of that species does not accord precisely 

 with any specimen before me out of about 150. 



Epilachna patricia.* 



Epilachna patricta, M ids. Spec. 717. 12. 

 Ins. St Cruz (Paris). 



