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acuminate a little before the apex ; elytra each with two large red 

 blotches occupying almost the whole space ; leaving the margins, 

 suture, and a medial transverse line of equal width, metallic green. 

 L. 2± Ecuador (Buckley). 



More ovate than E. i-plagiata or even subacuminate. 



Epilachna dubia sp. n. 



Again similar to E. 4-plagiata, but smaller, with a punctuation 

 more uniform, and resembling that of E. approximate/,; the elytra 

 with the whole disc reddish- orange, only the margins and suture 

 (very narrowly) metallic green. L. 2 lin. Quito (-Fry). 



Epilachna univittata sp. n. 



Subhemispherical, pubescence short, suberect ; head and thorax 

 closely punctate; elytra very convex, coarsely and deeply punctate, 

 the large piinctures not being very visible amongst the others ; 

 reddish-brown, the margins, suture and a discoidal vitta (broader 

 than the margin and not reaching the apex) black ; plates com- 

 plete semicircular. L. 2^ lin. Ecuador (Buckley). Differs from 

 the variety of E. V -pallidum by its convex hemispheric form, and 

 the subquadrate thorax. 



Epilachna Humboldtii. 



Epilachna Humboldtii, Muls. Spec. p. 724. 18. 

 Bolivia. 



Closely punctate, opaque, large punctures hardly visible. Form 

 elongate, epipleurse continuous, mesosternum sinuate. 



Epilachna cruciata. 



Epilachna cruciata, Muls. Spec. p. 708. 6. 

 Venezuela, N. Granada. On Cucurbitaceod (Salle). 

 Epipleurse broad, acuminate before the apex, plates complete, 

 coarse punctures sparse, evident. 



Epilachna scapularis. 



Epilachna scapidaris, Muls. Spec. p. 705. 4. 

 N. Granada, Venezuela (Ery). 



Punctuation coarse, almost uniform, epipleurse acuminate, the 

 inner portion of their base ochreous. 



Epilachna stolata. 



Epilachna stolata, Mids. Spec. p. 704. 3. 



N. Granada, Venezuela (Fry). Closely allied to E. scapidaris, 

 differing only in the colouration. 



