VEDALIA. 281 



Kodolia rufopilosa. 



Rodolia rufopilosa, Mills. Sp>ec. p. 903. 2. 



I refer to this species examples from Hongkong and Penang, 

 which have the elytra of a rich rose-red, the thorax and head pale 

 yellowish. The punctuation is sparse and scai'cely uniform. 



China (Melly). 



Rodolia Rowlandi, sp. n. 



Eyes ovate, antennas very short, last joint ovate, thorax trun- 

 cate in front of the scutellum ; sinuate on either side, anterior 

 angles produced, rounded, epipleurae not foveolate, presternum 

 reduced to a minimum, the process between the coxae flat, bicari- 

 nate. Elytra without a raised mat-gin, punctuation uniform, 

 not very tine, epipleurae very broad at the base and markedly 

 concave ; abdominal plates complete, semicircular, not covering 

 half the segment, claws dentate at the base ; prostemum bicarinate, 

 intermediate coxae approximate, mesosternum not sinuate ; anterior 

 tibiae broad, grooved, the outer edge emarginate, the inner fringed 

 with hair, pale brownish-red, not very thickly pubescent. L. 3 lin. 



Macassar (Wallace). 



Vedalia. 



Muls. Spec. p. 905 (typ. Sieboldi). 

 Very like Rodolia but oval, anterior tibiae less emarginate. 



Rodolia Sieboldi. 



Vedalia Sieboldi, Muls. Spec. p. 905. 1 (T). 

 The punctuation is uniform, rather coarse, subrugulose, the 

 clypeus slightly emarginate. 



Mexico (Westwood, Deyrolle, Fry). 



Vedalia ruficollis. 



Rodolia ruficollis, Muls. Spec. p. 903. 3 (T).* 



This species is more ovate than hemispherical, and has a close 

 fine uniform punctuation as in the two following species. The 

 head and thorax though paler are not so yellow as Mulsant seems 

 to imply. In fact his description suits the Chinese species, which 

 I have called rufopilosa, very well. 



Bengal (Westermann). 



Vedalia fumida. 



Rodolia fumida, Muls. Spec. p. 904. 4 (T). 

 Epilachna arethusa, (Muls.) Op. in. p. 126 (T). 

 Epilachna testicolor, (Muls.) Op. in. p. 127 (T). 

 Rodolia roseipennis, Muls. Spec. p. 904. 5 (T). 



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