EPILACHNA. 77 



Epilachna Dufourii.* 



Epilachna Dufourii, Muls. Spec. p. 877. 148. (T). 



Guinea (Copenhagen). Punctuation close, the coarse punctures 

 evident; mesosternurn emarginate. This is labelled "ignava" in 

 the Copenhagen Museum. 



I. Plates terminal incomplete. 



Epilachna zuluensis,* sp. n. 



Resembles E. infirma, but abundantly distinct from all by the 

 terminal incomplete abdominal plates : epipleurre broad, concave; 

 beneath black, sides of ventral segments red ; head red ; thorax 

 varied with black and red ; elytra thickly pubescent, margins 

 deeply punctate, black, disc reddish brown, with four orange 

 spots, two at one-third, and two placed very obliquely directed 

 forwards at three-fourths. L. 3 lin. Zulu (Fry). 



Epilachna Paykullii. 



Epilachna Paykullii, Muls. Spec. p. 833. 103. 



Caffraria, Natal, Madagascar (Deyrolle) ; elytra with nine 

 spots, 3, 4, 2; punctuation very slight and fine, coarse punctures 

 faintly impressed. This resembles the Indian Group in colora- 

 tion ; epipleurse concave, broad, inclined, plates terminal incom- 

 plete. 



K. Plates obsolete, claws unequally bifid (Chnootriba, Muls.). 



Epilachna similis. 



Coccinella similis, Thunb. N. I. Sp. i. p. 15, f. 19 (1781). 



Chnootriba similis, Muls. Spec. p. 697. 1. 



Abyssinia, Natal, Caffraria, Cape. Abundant. The abdominal 

 plates are obsolete equally in E. Proteus, and moreover vestiges 

 remain in many tpecimens. 



Epilachna assimilis. 



Chnootriba assimilis, Muls. Spec. p. 699. 2. 

 Sierra Leone. Sent home by Foxcroft abundantly ; it appears 

 to me distinct by the much stronger punctuation, etc. 



C. Species Indo-Malayan?e. 



Epilachna guttato-pustulata. 



Coccinella guttato-pustulata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 87. 51 (1775) T. 

 Epilachna guttato-pustulata, Muls. Spec. p. 716. 11. 

 Coccinella tricincta, Montrouz. Ann. Lyon. vn. p. 78 (1857). 

 Epilachna pandora, Muls. Op. in. p. 109 (1853) T. 



