TYTTHASPIS. 181 



India, Java, Borneo, Manilla, Prince of Wales Isl.; Bali, Bouru, 

 Flores, Kai, Malacca, Sumatra ("Wallace); Cape of Good Hope 

 (Mulsaut). 



Variable, the extreme form is black with a red dentate fascia. 



Chilomenes quadriplagiata. 



Coccinella 4-plagiata, Sch'on. Syn. Ins. 11. p. 195. 128 (1808). 

 Cheilomenes 4-plagiata, Muls. Spec. p. 447. 2. 

 China, Manchuria, Japan, India, Celebes (Wallace), Swan 

 River. Also variable. 



Chilomenes polynesise, sp. n. 



Ovate, not very convex, black; tarsi, inner half of epipleurse 

 and sides of ventral segments orange ; thorax black, sides broadly 

 ochreous, not quite reaching the posterior angles, anterior margin 

 narrowly ochreous; elytra black, each with five reddish orange 

 subequal spots, arranged 2, 2, 1 ; claws very short and weak. 

 L. 11— 2| lin. Fiji Isl. (Rippon), K Caledonia (Fauvel), Norfolk 

 Isl. (B. M.). 



Varieties occur with the apical and third spots confluent, or 

 almost entirely black with the humeral and apical spots visible. 



Chilomenes rufipennis, sp. n. 



Convex, hemispherical, dark red; thorax black, with the 

 anterior angles ochreous ; punctuation close but evident, stronger 

 towards the margins. L. 1| bin. Madagascar (Deyrolle). 



Elpis. 



Muls. Sp)ec. p. 449 (typ. dolens). 



Elpis dolens.* 



Elpis dolens, Muls. Spec. p. 450. 1. 



Madagascar (Chevrolat). Very convex, the epipleurse nearly 

 perpendicular; punctuation none. 



Subfamily 2. Tytthaspides. 



Tytthaspis. 



\Micrasp>is\, Muls. Secur. p. 162.] 



{typ. 1 6-punctata). 



This little genus seems to form a sub-family by its emarginate 

 ligula, small scutellum, etc. ; at any rate it cannot be placed con- 

 veniently with the Coccinellides. 



