EPILACHNA. 89 



Epilachna Moultoni, sp. n. 



Thorax pale testaceous, elytra oclireous eacli with 4 black 

 spots, one large basal (formed from the union of two), produced 

 downwards at its internal angle; one marginal in the middle, 

 subquadrate, one sutural at two-thirds (not quite touching the 

 suture); one discoidal, subapical. New Caledonia (Deyrolle). 



Epilachna Montrouzieri. 



Epilachna Montrouzieri, Fauv. Bull. Norm. VII. p. 174. 49, 

 pi. x.* f. 82 (1862). 



Subhemispherical, shining, thinly pubescent, rich ochreous ; 

 thorax subtransverse, rounded behind, finely and closely punctate, 

 the discal third more or less black; elytra sparsely and finely 

 punctate, the coarse punctures deeply impressed but scattered; 

 each with six black spots, two basal small (one subscutellar, one on 

 the callus, larger), two united in form of a band about the middle, 

 sloping forwards (st trting from the margin, but not reaching the 

 suture); two very obliquely placed in the apical third, one sub- 

 quadrate close to the suture, and one similar, subapical. L. 3 lin. 

 New Caledonia (Mniszech). Body beneath and apical half of 

 femora black. 



Var. fijiensis. 



Subovate, bright ochreous, shining, covei'ed with golden pu- 

 bescence, punctuation sparse, coarse punctures deep, well marked ; 

 thorax very finely and obsoletely puuctulate, sides concave; elytra 

 each with six black spots, arranged as in E. chrysomelina, 2, 2, 2, 

 but all sub triangular, or wedge-shaped. L. 3 lin. Fiji 1. (Dey- 

 rolle, B. M.). 



This differs from all the Asiatic species by having the inner 

 spots of the central pair close to the suture, in this respect re- 

 sembling the African forms. Antennae rather short. 



Epilachna bis-quadri-punctata. 



Coccinella bis-\- punctata, Schon. Syn. Ins. II. p. 186. 102 

 (1808). 



Epilachna herbigrada, Muls. Spec, p. 805. 79 (T). 



Pondicherry, Hongkong (B. M.), India (Deyrolle, Saunders). 



Gyllenhafs description leaves no doubt that he referred to 

 this insect. Mulsant does not quote it at all. Abdominal plates 

 complete, subangulate, punctuation close, large punctures rather 

 obsolete on the disc, antennae rather short, forrn hemispherical. 



Species dubiae. 



Epilachna 6-notata, Muls. Spec. p. 807. 81 (T). 

 Bengal (Hope). The type is in bad condition, but appears to 

 me not to be a true Epilachna. 



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