GO EPILACHNA. 



The black submarginal band follows the base of the elytra and 

 reaches the suture with its full breadth. The var. placida has 

 the thorax red. 



Epilachna gossypiata. 



Epilachna gossypiata, Mids. Spec. p. 857. 125. 

 Bolivia; Reiche's specimen, cited by Mulsant, hardly differs 

 from E. obscurocincta. 



Epilachna subcincta. 



Epilachna subcincta, Muls. Spec. p. 857. 12G (T). 

 N. Granada, Shining, rather sparingly punctured. 



Epilachna tomentosa. 



Epilachna tomentosa, Muls. Spec. p. 858. 127. 

 liodolia pubivestis, Muls. Op. III. 131 (1858) T. 

 Brazil, Cayenne, Santarem (Bates). Shining, coarse punctures 

 sparse. 



Epilachna initis. 



Epilachna, mitis, Muls. Spec. p. 853. 120. 



Mexico. 



The dark border is not continuous on the thorax, which has 

 its central third greenish-black. Epipleurae inclined, plates not 

 terminal, semicircular, obsolete in the posterior third. Extremely 

 like E. zonula. 



Epilachna lineatopunctata. 



Coccinella lineatopunctata. derm. Ins. Spec. Nov. p. G18. 88. 



/■Jpilach/ta lineatopunctata. Muls. Spec. p. 831. 101. 



Brazil, Bahia (Fry). The coarse punctures very apparent, but 

 the fine punctuation is almost obsolete; abdominal laminae almost 

 terminal; epipleurae inclined. Mr Fry's series from Bahia are one 

 and all totally devoid of pubescence. A variety in the Copenhagen 

 Museum is devoid of lines, having only a dot on the callus. 



[Suborbicular, abdominal plates v- shaped. Mada. Muls.] 



Epilachna circumflua. 



Epilachna circumflua, Muls. Spec. p. 852. 119. 



Epilachna contempt a, Muls. Spec. p. 851. 118. 



Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Rio Janeiro, Bolivia. 



Very like E. obscurocincta, but the black band remains paral- 

 lel to the outer margin and does not follow the base of the elytra. 

 Punctuation visible, coarse punctures deeply impressed. Abdomen 

 with the fifth segment in the J with a deep emargination fringed 

 with "olden hairs. 



