58 EPILACHNA. 



Epilaclina consularis. 



Epilachna consularis, Mills. Spec. p. 712. 8 (T). 



N. Granada (lieiche). Thorax very small ; punctuation of 

 elytra close, fine, opaque, the coarse punctures but little visible ; 

 epipleurae suddenly broader at the shoulders, acuminate before the 

 apex, plates hardly marked. 



Epilachna proteus. 



Coccinella proteus, Guer. Icon. p. 312. 



Epilachna proteus, Muls. Spec. p. 713. 9. 



Venezuela, N. Granada. Mulsant has united practically all 

 the four spotted species and their varieties under this name, in 

 which I cannot think he is right ; certainly if he is, E. consularis, 

 patricia, Sver?-ucata will have to go too. 



Epilachna V-pallidum. 



Epilachna V-pallidum, Blanch. Toy. D'Orb. p. 21-4. Muls. 

 Spec. p. 703. 2. 



Peru, Bolivia ; punctuation close, evident, unequal, epipleune 

 continuous. 



Var. (vittigera) similar to the type, except that the transverse 

 line has disappeared. 



Epilachna angustata. 



Epilachna angustata, Muls. Spec. p. 720. 15. 

 Venezuela, N. Granada. Elongate, narrow, antenna? elon- 

 gated, club large. 



Epilachna Erichsoni* sp. n. 



Dark metallic green, elytra each with two orange spots; mar- 

 gin flattened out, almost uniformly and rather strongly punctate; 

 spots equal, one subtransverse at one-third, nearer the suture, one 

 oblique close to the suture at two-thirds; epipleurae acuminate, 

 plates complete. Size of E. angustata but broader. Veragua 

 (Berlin). 



Epilachna quadriplagiata. 



Coccinella i-plagiata \ Latr., Humboldt's Voy. p. 229. 

 Epilachna Bonplandi, Mvls. Spec. j>. 721. 1G. 

 Epilachna Bourderi, Muls. Spec. p. 725. 19. 

 N. Granada, Bogota, Ecuador, Archidona, 

 Antennae lung, club thick, as in E. angustata, punctuation 

 very coarse and close, epipleurae broad, rather inclined, continuous. 



Epilachna approximata sp. n. 



Very near E . i-plagiata, sculpture a little less close, and more 

 uniform, so that the Burface is more shining; larger, the epipleurae 



