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Epilachna abyssinica*. 



Epilachna ocellata\\ Bertol. Nov. Coram. Bol. 1849. p. 433. 26. 

 T. x. f. 6. 



Subcordate, epipleurae broad, inclined, plates complete, almost 

 terminal; testaceous, pretty closely punctured ; thorax with a 

 transverse dark baud, elytra with 5 bright yellow spots, 2, 2, 1, 

 each ocellated with black ; the second pair placed a little obliquely, 

 converging, behind the middle their anterior edge straight. L. 3^ 

 lin. Abyssinia (Fry). 



This very distinct species seems to agree with the short de- 

 scription of E. ocellata, but that name is in any case preoccupied. 



F. Elytra hemispherical, emarginate at the base for the 

 thorax, elytra ochreous with black spots. Hypsa Muls. 



Epilachna guineensis. 



Epilachna guineensis, Muls. Spec. p. 860. 132. 



Guinea (Chev.), Sierra Leone. The six elytral spots are in 

 two longitudinal rows, the internal one arcuate, the external 

 parallel to the margin ; the spots are large, the margins of the 

 elytra often deep red. 



Epipleurae inclined, plates complete, punctuation fine, coarse 

 punctures sometimes obsolete. 



Epilachna occidentals, sp. n. 



Hemispherical, allied to Epil. guineensis, finely punctured, 

 coarse punctures obsolete, head thorax body and legs red ; elytra 

 black, each with 7 spots and the apex orange ; external margin 

 and suture narrowly reddish; the spots are, a lunule on the callus, 

 one subsutural below the scutellum, three transversely about the 

 middle (the inner one reaching the suture), two subapical, the 

 inner large and oval ; the apex narrowly orange. L. 3 lin. 

 Sierra Leone. (Mus. Brit.). 



Epilachna sedecim-vermcata.* 



Epilachna Ib-verrucata, Muls. Spec. p. 861. 133 (T). 



Guinea (Westerm.). Elytra, each with eight spots ; punctua- 

 tion close apparent, coarse punctures evident, the black margin 

 disappears before the apex; pubescence whitish, conspicuous. 

 Similar to E. Murrayi, but more ovate, so that the external row 

 of spots appears less approximated. 



Epilachna nigrocincta. 



Epilachna nigrocincta, Thorns. Arch. Ent. it. p. (1858). ^ 



Hemispherical, rich fulvous, elytra with the external margin 



broadly, and each with 6 spots black. L. 2i lin. Fernando Po 



(Deyr.). 



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