318 Mr. S. Maulik on Laccoptera vigintisex-notata. 



Family Liparidae. 



10. Otroeda varuncea tenuimargo, subsp. n. 



£ . Fore wing with the black border much reduced, at its 

 widest part 8 mm., behind R 2 scarcely over 1 mm. in width, 

 vanishing in a point before M 2 ; the contained white spots 

 also reduced, well separated, the one between R 2 and ll 3 

 placed entirely on the ground-colour, in an angle which is 

 formed by the apical and discal border. 



Hind wing with the border rather narrow. 



Abercorn, N. Rhodesia, June 1917 (T. A. Barns). 



The first eastern representative known to me of this 

 group. Some entomologists to whom I have shown it have 

 thought it a good species, chiefly on account of the angle in 

 the black border of the fore wing ; but as I have seen some 

 rather intermediate aberrations from the Lualaba River, 

 Congo, I feel satisfied it is merely a local race. The black 

 streaks from costa are not extremely attenuated ; the 

 proximal ends on M 2 about 5 mm. from its origin, the 

 distal in a fine point just behind M 1 , but both will probably 

 prove more or less variable in development. 



XXXVII. — Note on Laccoptera vigintisex-notata, Boheman. 

 By S. Maulik, B.A. Cantab., F.E.S., F.Z.S. 



The object of this note is to clear up the confusion among 

 the different varieties of Laccoptera mentioned below. 

 Hitherto they have been considered different species, perhaps 

 owing to insufficient material. This note is based on the 

 material contained in the collection of the British Museum, 

 as well as on that of the Indian Museum and other sources 

 from India. The figures show the form of the insect, but 

 they are mainly intended to show the disposition and situation 

 of the black spots on the prothorax and the elytra. The 

 surface-structure of the insect is not represented in the 

 drawings. 



Laccoptera vigintisex-notata, Boheman. 



Laccoptera 26-notata, Boh. Mori. Cassid. iii. 1855, p. 66. 



Var. Laccoptera novemdec'imnotata, Boh. Mori. Cassid. iii. 1855, p. 67. 



Var. Laccoptera hospita, Boh. Mon. Cassid. iii. 1855, p. 68. 



Var. Laccoptera multinotata, Boh. Mori. Cassid. iii. 1855, p. 70. 



