no Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi.. IX 



begins to bend towards the apex of the elytra, and here it broadens 

 and meets a similar patch on the other elytron, at the suture, and 

 also covers laterally a little of the explanate margin. 



10. Prioptera nigricornis, Baly. 

 Jour, of Ent., 1863, vol. ii, p. 9. 



There is only one example of a variety of this species from 

 Sadon, Myitkyina district, Upper Burma, 2500-3500 ft,, May 19 11 

 {E. Colenso). 



Genus Aspidomorpha, Hope. 



II. Aspidomorpha miliaris (Fab). 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1854, vol. ii, p. 261. 



Ninety-one examples. 



Localities. — Calcutta; Malda, E. Bengal; Shillong; Mungphu, 

 Sikkim; Darjiling; Ranchi {Irvine); Mysore, S. India; Bangalore 

 {Cameron); Tenasserim, June, 1889 ; Sibsagar, Assam; Perak; 

 Andaman Islands ; Sadon, Myitkyina district, Upper Burma, 2500- 

 3500 ft., April-May 191 1 {E. Colenso); Nilgiri Hills; Pegu, 

 Burma; Tavoy; Sibu, Sarawak, 2-vii-i9io {Beehe). It has also 

 been recorded from Java. 



Range. — From the above localities it appears that this insect 

 has a wide distribution in the Oriental region. In India it extends 

 from Darjiling to Mysore, South India. It ranges from Upper 

 Burma to Borneo. It has also been taken in the Andaman Islands. 

 It occurs at an altitude of 8000 ft. (Darjiling). In the plains also 

 it thrives well as a great number of specimens has been collected 

 from Calcutta and the Malda district. 



Variation. — Variation in this species is mainly confined to the 

 elytral spots and markings Size and colour vary, but not to such 

 an extent as do the markings. The variation of the latter is so 

 gradual that it is difficult to describe any definite variety. From 

 a specimen where the spots and markings are bold and prominent, 

 they can be traced down to one on which they are almost obsolete. 

 Five examples from Sadon, Upper Burma, exhibit this character, 

 they are also very light in' colour. 



Notes. — In the Indian Museum it has been bred on Convol- 

 vulus, July 7th, 1886; on another specimen the following notes 

 occur : — " I^arvae received Dec. 1887 ; Pupae Jan. 13th, 1888 ; Ima- 

 gos Feb. 1888. E. C. C." The label of another specimen records 

 the following note : — " Convolvulus pest. Eggs, 7-viii-86, emerged 

 29-vii-86 (/. H. Jackson)." 



12. Aspidomorpha fusconotata. Boh. 

 Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1854, vol. ii, p. 279. 



There is one example from the Philippine Islands. Boheman 

 records it also from India Orientalis. 



