Mr. S. Maulik on Epistictia reicheana, Guerin. 75 



following remark : — " Avec quelques Imatidies de l'Inde, 

 M. Hope a etabli et caract^rise les genres Calopepla et 

 Prioptera, que M. Chevrolat avait distingues, sans les carac- 

 teriser, sous lesnomsde Craspedonta et Basiprlonota " *. In 

 the collection of the British Museum there exists a specimen 

 which bears the following label in M. Guerin-Meneville's 

 handwriting: " Craspedonta Reicheana Guer. Ic. 11. A. 

 type Visapour." " Ic. R. A." means the reference given 

 above. Visapour is a place in India. From the above 

 remark it would seem that Chevrolat' s name Craspedonta is 

 the same as Hope's Calopepla. But having examined this 

 specimen, I have come to the following conclusions: — 



(1) Reicheana is not a Calopepla at all, but an Epistictia. 



(2) It is identical with Epistictia selecta which Boheman 

 described in 1850 (Mon. Cassid. i. p. 13). The differences 

 between Calopepla and Epistictia are shown thus: — 



Calopepla. 



(1) In repose the head is inserted 

 into the prothorax so that the 

 mouth-parts are completely con- 

 cealed from view. 



{'!) The apical five joints of the 

 antennas are dorso-ventrally flat- 

 tened. 



(3) The prothorax is narrower 

 than the elytra at the base. 



(4) The margins of the prothorax 

 are strongly rerlexed. 



(5) The upper surface of the 

 prothorax is smooth. 



(6) The sculpturing of the elytra 

 is more rugose in appearance. 



(7) There are more than two 

 strong costse on each elytron. 



Epistictia. 



(1) In repose the head is not 

 inserted into the prothorax, the 

 mouth-parts are well exposed to 

 view. 



(2) The apical five joints of the 

 antennae are rounded. 



(3) The prothorax is not nar- 

 rower than the elytra at the base. 



(4) The margins of the prothorax 

 are not strongly reflexed. 



(5) The upper surface of the 

 prothorax is punctate. 



(6) The sculpturing of the elytra 

 is much less rugose in appearance. 



(7) There are only two weak 

 costse on each elytron, one nearer 

 to the suture vanishing at the 

 apical surface and the other at 

 about the middle. 



Guerin's species reicheana has all the characters men- 

 tioned above under Epistictia, and does not possess one single 

 character named under Calopepla ; it is, therefore, without 

 doubt an Epistictia. 



As to the identity of reicheana with selecta, it may be 



* In d'Orbigny's ' Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle ' a short charac- 

 terization of both these names will be found, but it was later than 

 Hope's. Chevrolat published them perhaps owing to their being adopted 

 by Dejeau in his Catalogue. 



