EPILACHNA. 87 



Epilachna ocellata. 



Epilachna ocellata, Redt. Hilgel, Reise in Kaschm. p. 563. 



Epilachna oculea, Muls. Spec. p. 791. 67 (T). 



Himalayas, Nepaul. Mulsant's species is I think cei*tainly the 

 same as Redtenbacher's. In the four specimens I have seen there 

 is considerable range of variation, and Mulsant has signalled one 

 form as var. retexta. 



Epilachna vigintiocto -punctata. 



Coccinella 2S-punctata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 34, 54 (1775). 



Epilachna 28 -punctata, Muls. Spec. p. 836. 104, 



India, Japan, China, Manilla, Java, N. Guinea, Australia, 

 Sumatra, Flores, Aru, Morty (Wallace). 



This species varies almost to infinity and gradually runs into 

 the common 6 -spotted type, so that I cannot give any structural 

 differences. 



E. implicata, Muls. Spec. p. 837, 105, is a mere variety : several 

 others are noted by Mulsant under the names egens, sparsa, multi- 

 punctata, recta, and lacertosa. 



Epilachna pardalis.* 



Coccinella pardalis, Boisd. Toy. de VAstrol. p. 596. 11, pi. vin. 

 f. 26 (1832). 



Epilachna pardalis, Muls. Spec. p. 840. 107. 



Vanikoro I. (Paris). This probably is a variety of E. 26- 

 punctata. 



Epilachna vigintisex-punctata. 



Coccinella 26-punctata, Boisd. Voy.de VAstrol. p. 589. 2 (1835). 



Epilachna, 26-punctata, Muls. Spec. p. 838. 106. 



Australia, IS". Guinea. 



Much rarer than the preceding, and often very difficult to 

 distinguish from it. The common elytral spot below the scutellum 

 has a well-marked quadrangular form, and the basal series consists 

 of four spots only. 



Epilachna Euqueti. 



Coccinella Buqueti, Montrouz. Ann. Fr. (4) I. p. 305. 294 

 (1861). 



Narrow, pale, oehreous yellow, shining, ovate, thinly pubes- 

 cent, body and legs pale testaceous, pectus black ; thorax trans- 

 verse with the discal third black, not very sharply defined ; 

 elytra sparsely punctate, the coarse punctures deep and es-ident, 



