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5'. Tegmina not deepty punctate. 



6. Ground colour of tegmina ochreous P. nigroplagiata, sp. n. 



6'. Ground colour of tegmina rufous P. semperi, sp. n. 



1'. Maculae of tegmina ochreous P.rnfa Kirby. 



3'. Tegmina immaculate, margi 1 with piceous . P. /<>^<( Br. 



2'. Ground-colour of tegmina piceous or dark cas- 

 taneous. 

 3. Tegmina with not more than 4 rufous or 



ochreous maculae. . , 



4. Tegmina distinctly punctate P. quadnplagiata Walfc. 



4'. Tegmina indistinctly punctate P. nigra, sp. n. 



3'. Tegmina with more than t- rufous or ochreous 



maculae. . 



4. Pronotum ochreous with 5 piceous macula' . 1 . gutticollis V\ alk. 

 4'. Pronotum piceous with the lateral margins 

 hyaline ochreous. 

 5. Maculae on tegmina ochreous. more or less 



civcular P. mtmas, sp. n. 



5' Macular on tegmina rufous, more or less 



band-like >'■ cceloplioroides, sp. n. 



Prosoplecta coccinella Sauss. (PI. XLVIII. fig. 5.) 



Prosoplecta coccinella Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2) xvi. p. 324 

 (1864); Mem. Mexique, Blatt. p. 173 (1864). 



2. He'it. 1 castaneous, vertex paler. Antennae castaneous at 

 base, remainder fuscous. Pronotum transversely elliptical, with 

 the dist' piceous, punctate, all the margins testaceo-hy aline. 

 Tegmina dark castaneous, seriate-punctate; mediastinal area 

 eo hyaline; a minute, smooth, flattened tubercle at the 

 humeral angle, a, smaller one near the base of the radial vein and 

 ;t larger one in the centre of the disc near the middle of the 

 obsolete anal vein, testaceous. Wings infuscated, veins cas- 

 taneous. Abdomen above fuscous, supra-anal lamina, margined 

 with testaceous, sub-bilobate ; abdomen beneath piceous, nitid, 

 sub-genital lamina very large, semiorbicular. Cerci short. Legs 

 castaneous. 



Total length 8-9 mm.; length of tegmina 6"2 mm.; pronotum 

 2-5 mm. x 3'5 mm. 



Philippine Is. (Paris Mus., type ; British Mus. ; Oxford Mus.). 



The species is not coccinellii'orm, but is more like a little 

 Ohrysomelid. 



rnosorLE.TA BI PUNCTATA Br. (PI. XLVIII. fig. 2.) 

 Areolaria bipunctata Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. 

 Blatt. p. 261 (1865). 



$ . Very similar to the preceding species, but the head is 

 bright rufous, the palpi and the bases of the antenna? are piceous, 

 remainder of antennae clear testaceous. Pronotum rufous, lateral 

 margins testaceo- hyaline, posterior margin opaque testaceous, 

 with a fuscous line at the posterior angle. Tegmina piceous 

 with mediastinal area testaceous, a. flattened smooth tubercle, 

 testaceous in colour, in the same position as the largest one in 

 P. coccinella. Abdomen piceous above aid beneath, faintly mar- 

 gined with testaceous. Coxa- and femora rufous, t ibia' and tarsi 



& 



as taneous. 



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