the Coleopterous Family Erotylidw. (31) 407 



Niger, sub-opacns, thorace sparse punctato; elytris vix punc- 

 tatis, tenuissime serie-puiictatis, singulo maculis duabns sanguineis 

 (1 humerali, 1 sub-apicali) ; corpore subtus vix punctulato. L. 

 TJlin. 



Delagoa Bay (Jansou). Mozambique (Tliomson). 



Episcapha. 



Lac. Erot. 50 {fyp. ?). 



Last joint of the maxillary palpi ovoid; antenixse with joints 

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



Episcapha vestita. 



Episcaplta vestita, Lac. Erot. 50. 

 Java. 



Episcapha intermedia, sp. n. 



E. vestifce valde affinis, et pra?sertim antennis multo bi'eviori- 

 bus, lunulaque humerali minore, distincta. L. 5 liu. 

 Java. 



Episcapha africana, sp.. n. 



Elongato-ovata, opacula, nigra; capite thoraceque obsolete 

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

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

 crebre puuctatis, obsolete seriatim punctatis (puuctis trauslucenti- 

 bus), fti^^cia basali punctis duabus (1. humerali, 1 majore juxta- 

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

 abdomiue 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 MacLeay does not mention the pubescence, 

 but I cannot doubt that he referred to this species; a vai-iety now 

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

 the red spots on head and thorax are often obscure. 



Episcapha antennata, sp. n. 



Episcapha antenmda, Eeiche, MSS. 

 E. i-macitke simillima, antennis longitudine dimidii coi'poris, 

 clava valde elongata prtesertim distincta. L. 5 — 5|- lin. 



Manilla (Eeiche), Menado (Meyer), Tonda, Makassar (Wallace). 



