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Hemispherical, above reddish brown witli a pinkish tinge, 

 somewhat opaque ; the head clearly and rather densely punc- 

 tulate, with a discal, rather transverse, black mark; the 

 thorax with a median somewhat triangular black patch, the 

 pointed end of which touches the basal edge; on the disk it 

 widens out transversely, leaving a clear margin behind the 

 head more or less wide, near the base, in a line with the eye, 

 are two black spots on either side; the scutellum red or 

 black, usually red, densely punctulate ; the elytra with 

 shallow punctures and a faint alutaceous sculpture, and more 

 generally over the whole surface is a fine punctuation, the 

 twenty-eight spots occupy corresponding positions to those 

 of a typical E. 2S-punctata, Linn., but they are larger and 

 the two behind the scutellum join, the two sutural spots on 

 the disk also sometimes join, beneath in the epipleural fold 

 there is a long irregular streak, black ; the abdomen, fourth 

 segment of male is canaliculate in the middle, surface of the 

 channel usually red, rarely black, body beneath black ; the 

 legs, thighs with an elongate black spot or wholly infuscate. 

 The apices of the elytra are less widely rounded off than 

 those of E. 28-macu/ata, Motsch. 



Hab. Nikko and Miyanoshita. Also found near the Junsai 

 Lake feeding on a species of PhysaUs^ and usually resting on 

 the underside of the leaves. Fusan {Leech). 



Epilaclina '2S-maculafa, Motsch. 



Ejnlachna vigintioctoniaculuta, Motsch. Etud. Ent. vi. p. 40 (1857) ; 

 Crot. Rev. Ooc. p. 48 (1874). 



Hemisphserica, parum opaca ; thorace in medio nigro ; scutello 



rufo ; elj'tris 28-maculatis ; metasterno infuscate. 

 L. 6|-7 mill. 



Hemispherical, somewhat opaque, in colour similar to 

 E. niponica ; the head immaculate, somewhat densely but 

 very finely punctulate ; the thorax with a transverse black 

 mark on the disk and a small spot midway between it and 

 the basal edge ; on either side of the discal mark are two other 

 spots which sometimes join ; the scutellum is usually red, 

 faintly and finely punctulate ; the elytra, surface sculpture 

 similar to that of E, nijjonica^ but sometimes fainter, with 

 twenty-eight spots, the pair behind the scutellum are sepa- 

 rated by a narrow sutural margin, the other spots agree wath 

 those of -E". 2S-punctata, Linn. ; epipleural fold usually without 

 a mark, but sometimes there is a faint infuscate streak ; the 

 fourth segment of the abdomen in male slightly impressed. 



IJah. Yokohama and other places. Common. 



