i<:piscapiiula. 35 



Episcaphula xanthosticta, sp. n. 



Depressa, nigra, niiida, siibovata ; capite confiTtiin punctato, 

 tliorace transv(;i'.so, basi bisinuato, oljsolete piuictulato, pimctis 

 majoribiis raris impressis, fulv^o, basi iiigro ; elyti'Is obsolete 

 seriatim puiictatis, interstitiis vix j^^mctiilatis, singulis niaciilis 

 2 Irete crocei.s, 1 majore basilari ovata, 1 su]>a])icali minore) ; an- 

 tcnnis (clava nigra) pcdibusqiie riifis. L. o}. liu. 



Waigion (Wallace). 



Antennae short, eyes more finely gi'aniilatcd. 



Episcaphula australis. 



Upiscapha Australis, Lac. Lrot. 58. 12. 



Triplax vittafa, }fontnmz. Ann. Soc. A(/r. Lyon. vii. 73 (1855). 



EpiscapJia aiistro-caledonica, Fanv. Bull. Norm, vii, 172, T. x. 

 f, 78. 



Deijrolii, Perr. Ann. Linn. L^yon. xi. 210. 



Ceram, Batcliian, Timor, Amboina, Makassar (Wallace), More- 

 ton Bay, Sydney, N. Caledonia. 



This species is very variable but may be recognised by the 

 sculpture of the thorax ; the prosternum is emarginate behind. 



Episcaphula Reichei. 



Episcapha Reklieiy Faiiv. Bull. Norm. vii. T. x. f. 77. 



New Caledonia. 



This is closely allied to E. aiistralis ; the underside is that of 

 E. pictipennis^ as are also the elytra ; the thorax, liowever, is like 

 that of J^. australis, but the sculpture is unlike either. 



Episcaphula pictipennis, sp. n. 



Elongata, nigra, nitida, capite crebre punctato, vertice sangui- 

 neo-maculato ; thorace transverso, basi fere marginato, evidenter 

 punctato, lateribus et basi punctis majoribus sparsim impressis; 

 sanguineo, maculis 2 magnis discoidalibus nigris, basi attingentibus ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis punctulatis, fosciis 2 ochi-aceis 

 (1 basilari acute dentata, 1 lunata infra medium) maculaque sub- 

 apicali sanguinea; cor])ore subtus punctulato, prosteruo, segmentis 

 2 ultimis ventralibus sanguineis. L. .").', — 4 liu, 



Sydney, Tasmania. 



Episcaphula parallela. 



Triplax parallda, .]fontrouz. Ann. Sor. Ayr. Lyi/on. (2) vii. 73 

 (1855). 



Island of Woodlark. 



This differs from E. ]>irtlprnnis in ha\ing Ihe thorax entirely 

 red. 



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