new Coleoptera fiwn ]\[edclUn. 429 



tiou. Scutellum dull red. Elytra two-fifths broader tliau the 

 thorax, as broad as loug, extremely convex, almost "lobidar, 

 im[)uiictate, ea-ih elytrou with four dull red stri[)es, the first and 

 third abbreviated, the fourth lateral. Each segment of the 

 abdomen has a black spot on each side. 



COCCINELLID^.. 



Ejiilachna bifiihcrcidata, n. sp. 



Cyaneo-nigra, subuitida; elytris creberrime evidenter punc- 

 tulatis, reflexo-marginatis, dorsim tuberculis duobns a2)2)roximafcis 

 obtusis piceis instructis. Long. 3f lin. 



This species although presenting nothing remarkable in form 

 when compared to HJ. peltata, Er., and its allies, is at once dis- 

 tinguished by its having two round obtuse pitchy tubercles on 

 the dorsal region, one on each elytron close to the suture. 

 Thorax very transverse, distinctly but finely and very closely 

 punctured; the sides slightly reflexed anteriorly. Elytra densely 

 and distinctly punctured (larger and smaller jounctures inter- 

 mixed), rather broad at the shoulders, arcuately acuminate 

 towards the apex, very gibbous, broadly reilexed at the shouldei's, 

 more narrowly posteriorly. 



