530 Notes on Insects 



LONGICORNIA. 



1. MacTotoma ijalmata. Fatr. Ent. Syst. I, ii. 249 

 (Prionus ■palmatus) . 



2. Mallodon Downesii. Hope, Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 

 366. 



3. Phryneta spinator. Fabr. Ent. Syst. I. ii. 276 

 {Lamia) . A variety, having the apical half of the elytra 

 of a tawny hue, with a few small black spots. 



4. Geroplesis bicmda. Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 145 

 {Lamia) =C. continua, Oliv. Ent. No. 67, p. 123, pi. xxiii. 

 p. 177. 



5. Tragoeephala Anselli, Bates, n. sp. 



T. Buquetii (Thomson) proximo affinis ; differt elytro- 

 rum fascia rufa angustiore, recta, hand maculata. Nigro- 

 velutina, capite vittis duabus supra conjunctis, vittisque 

 post oculos per latera thoracis continuatis, viridi-cinereis ; 

 elytris apicem versus attenuatis, mox pone medium fascia 

 integra, leete rufo-aurantiaca, prope apicem utrinque 

 gutta oblonga flava et ante earn guttulis duabus viridibus ; 

 corpore infra nigro, nitido, metasterno (linea mediana 

 excepta) Itete rosaceo, abdomine lateribus cinereo quin- 

 que-maculatis. Long. 9^ Hn. <S • (Specim. unic.) 



This beautiful insect closely resembles T. Buquetii in 

 shape and general coloration, but it differs from all the 

 numerous specimens of that species which I have seen, 

 in the red belt of the elytra being of moderate and equal 

 width throughout, and in being quite destitute of black 

 spots. If T. Buquetii were not of great constancy in its 

 markings, so far as is known, the new species might 

 have been considered only a variety of it. 



Phytophaga. 



1 & 2. Diacantha spp. ?. Apparently two new 



species (Fam. Galerucidce) , but I hesitate to describe 

 them, since the genus Diacantha contains a great number 

 of closely-allied species which can or^ly be competently 

 treated of by a monographer. 



Trimeea. 



1. Epilachna reticulata. Oliv. Ent. vi. 1020, pi. vi. 

 f. 78 {Coccinella) . 



2. Epilachna — sp. ?. A single damaged specimen. 



3. Verania comma. Casstrom, Nov. Ins. Sp.,inThunb. 

 Dissert." p. 20, pi. vii. f. 30. 



