described by Mr. F. Walker now in British Museum. 271 
Gebien. Ceropria valga Pasc., from Queensland, is almost 
identical, but has the thorax somewhat less convex, the 
sides a little less arcuate, etc. P. wmbratum Mars., from 
Japan, is larger, and the ¢ has the first joint of the anterior 
tarsi strongly incrassate. All these species have the 
intermediate tibiae in the 3 strongly, and the posterior 
tibiae less strongly, bent inwards about the middle. 
10. Platydema subfascia (Alphitophagus), loc: cit. 
Another well-known and widely distributed Oriental 
species, belonging to the group with asymmetrical cephalic 
horns, that on the right being well developed and hairy, 
while that on the left is abortive and naked. 
11. Derispia interrumpens (Coccinella), op. cit. iv, 219. 
Apparently confined to Ceylon. 
Walker’s description of the elytral markings, “ elytris 
vitis tribus bisinterruptis nigris,’ is not sufficient for 
recognition. The suture is narrowly margined with black 
almost to the apex, and there is also a narrow black streak 
about the middle of the lateral margin; in some specimens 
this is continued to form a narrow lateral border. The 
three black vittae on the disc are about equidistant from 
one another, and consist of series of black spots or dashes, 
a roundish spot near the apex being common to all three 
series, while a similar spot at the base is common to the 
two dorsal series. The outer basal spot is more elongate, 
and the two intermediate spots of each series, which fall 
into two transverse rows of three, are still more elongate. 
The spots vary a little in size, with a tendency in the 
outer series to become confluent. 
12. D. quinqueplaga (Coccinella), loc. cit. 
Allied to the above but with a different elytral pattern. 
This consists of a narrow black sutural border confluent at 
the apex with an ovate black spot occupying the external 
half of the apex. On the disc of each is a large irregular 
black patch which varies considerably in size, and is some- 
times completely wanting. In no specimen that I have 
seen does it attain any margin of the elytra or become 
confluent with the sutural or apical markings. 
