70 EPILACHNA. 



red, knees black ; body red, inetasternum pitchy. L. 3 tin. An- 

 gola (Welwitsch). 



Very close to E. hirta, but the red thorax and obsolete punc- 

 tuation seem to justify its separation. The basal mark is generally 

 absent, sometimes however there is a small red dash over the 

 callus. 



Epilachna fulvosignata. 



Epilachna fulvosignata, Muls. Spec. p. 755. 43 (T). 



Epilachna rufoxignata, Reiche MSS, 



Abyssinia (Reiche). 



Ovate, elytra with the coai-se punctures much more evident, 

 no deeper punctures near the margin which is concave; plates 

 complete, epipleurse acuminate at five-sixths, horizontal ; spots 

 placed 2, 2, 1. Allied to E. hirta. 



Epilachna gibbosa,* sp. n. 



Fulvous, elytra each with the margin narrowly, eleven spots, 

 and the feet black; pubescence pale, short; spots 2, 3, 3, 2, 1. 

 L. U liu. Angola (Welwitsch). 



I have only seen one specimen, which is very distinct by 

 its convex almost gibbous form, enlarged at the shoulders and 

 subcoi'date ; epipleuise pale within ; the spots run thus : two 

 joined to the base, three in the first third, three in the middle, 

 two before the apex, and one apical; the external spots all reach 

 the margin. 



Epilachna cribrata," sp. n. 



Ovate, depressed, very strongly and tolerably closely punctured, 

 interstices very sparingly punctate; abdominal lamina? complete, 

 little marked; elytra fulvous with a narrow elongate spot at the 

 base parallel to the suture and a large arcuate one toiiching the 

 callus; three transversely just before the middle, two almost 

 united, large, before the apex ; one apical, not reaching the margin ; 

 thorax rectangularly emarginate in frout. L. 2| lin. Angola 

 (Welwitsch). Very like Chnoot. similis but claws bidentate. 



Epilachna bis-septem-notata.* 



Epilachna bis-7-notata, Muls. Op. in. p. 115. 



" Ovalaire ; d'un rouge testacl fauve, en dessus. Prothorax 

 sans tache. Elytres ornees d'une bordure etroite, et chacune de 

 7 taches subarroudies, noires; 1, 3, 5, 7 voisines de la suture; 

 1 apres l'ecusson, 2 sur le callus, 3 — 4 voisines, en rangee trans- 

 versale vera £; 5 — G en rangee semblable vers | ou peu avant ; 

 G voisine du bord externe; 7 vers Tangle sutural." L. 3£ lin. 

 Abyssinia (^aucerotte). 



