EPISCAPIIA. ol 



Niger, sub-opacus, thoraco sparse puuctato; elytris vix punc- 

 tatis, teiiiiissiine serio-puiictatis, siiigulo inaculis duabiis saiiguineis 

 (1 huinerali; 1 8ub-apicali) ; corpore subtiis vix punctulato. L. 

 7-ilin. 



Delagoa Bay (Janson). Mozambique (Tlioinson). 



Episcapha. 



Lac. Erot. 50 (typ. ?). 



Last joint of the maxillary pal}>i ovoid; antennre with joints 

 2 — 8 sub-equal ; thorax more or less transverse. 



Episcaplia vestita. 



Episcaplia vestita, Lac. Erot. 50. 

 Java. 



Episcaplia intermedia, sp. n. 



E. vestltai valde affinis, et pra^sertim antennis multo breviori- 

 bus, lunulaque humerali niinore, distincta. L. 5 lin. 

 Java. 



Episcaplia africana, sp. n. 



Elongiito-ovata, o[>acula, nigra; capita tlioraceque obsolete 

 punctulatis, hoc sub-quadrato, lateribus subrectis, angulis posticis 

 utrinque marginatis, basi medio late truncato-lobato ; elytris sat 

 crebre punctatis, obsolete seriatim punctatis (punctis translucenti- 

 bus), fascia basali punctis duabus (1 humerali, 1 majoi-e juxta- 

 scutellari) includente, annuloque sub-apicali completa, fulvis; 

 abdomine subtus tenuiter pubescente^ subtiliter punctulato. L. 

 51 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Episcapha annulata. 



Engis annulata, MacLeay, Ann. Jav. 42. 



Episcapha oculata, Lac. Erot. 51. 



J ava. 



It is true that IVracLeay does not mention the pubescence, 

 but I cannot doubt that he referred to this species; a variety now 

 before me shows the completed posterior ring, as in his deiscription, 

 the red spots on head and thorax are often obscure, 



Episcapha antennata, sp. n. 



Episcapha antennata, Reiche, MSS. 

 E. i-macul(b simillima, antennis longitudine dimidii corporis, 

 clava valde elongata prresertim distincta. L. 5 — 5^ lin. 



Manilla (Keiche), Menado (Meyer), Tonda, Makiissar (Wallace). 



