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much larger than the others as to be conspicuous ; head more 

 sparsely punctate, the veitex smooth in the middle: thorax closely 

 punctate; elytra varying from black to brownish-ochreous ; the 

 normal pattern is black with three brownish-ochreous marks; one 

 elongate, humeral, one elongate-ovate, in the middle of the base, 

 one irregular at two-thirds ; these (especially the posterior one) 

 vary in their extent; epipleurse acuminate, ventral process sparingly 

 punctate. L. 4 lin. Ecuador (Buckley). 



Epilachna bizonata sp. n. 



Subovate, attenuate posteriorly, the shoulders dilated, black, 

 opaque, finely pubescent; elytra closely and roughly punctate, 

 appearing opaque, each with two narrow fascia?, one at half and 

 one at two-thirds, the anterior one broadest at the suture ; they 

 both cross the suture but do not reach the margins. L. 3 lin. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



The epipleurse are acuminate, the plates short, semicircular. 

 The only variety I have seen is one in which the posterior fascia 

 is absent, and the anterior reduced to a narrow dash extending 

 from the suture to the middle of the disc. 



Epilachna Fryii sp. n. 



Ovate, very convex, rather ventricose, opaque, black, punctua- 

 tion scarcely visible : head and thorax finely and closely punctate ; 

 elytra with three narrow reddish-orange fasciae, one subbasal 

 starting just below the scutellum, one medial, at three-fourths ; 

 the last two sometimes united into a broad fascia enclosing a 

 central black spot, these fasciae do not cross the suture; epipleurse 

 acuminate, ventral process closely punctate, abdominal plates 

 obsolete. L. 4 lin. Ecuador (Buckley). I first saw this fine 

 species in Mr Fry's collection, and it has been brought again by 

 Mr Buckley, though still sparingly. 



Epilachna madida. 



Epilachna madida, Muls. Spec. p. 710. 7. 



Epilachna nigrofasciata, Muls. Op. in. p. 105 (1853). 



N. Granada, Venezuela (Fry). Punctuation uniform, clear, 

 rather deeply impressed, not very fine; epipleurse acuminate, pale 

 at the base. 



Epilachna mexicana. 



Coccinella mexicana, Guer. Icon. p. 319. 



Epilachna mexicana, Muls. Spec. p. 731. 24. 



Mexico ; abundant. Punctuation close, uniform, and fine. 



Epilachna defecta. 



Epilachna defecta, Mills. Spec. p. 733. 25. 

 Epilachna Juscipes, Muls. Spec. p. 737. 26. 



