404 Rev. H. S. Gorhain on 



Exochomus justiticp, sp. n. 



Hah. Natal, Malvern, on Justicia {Marshall) . 



Chilocorus distigmaj Klug (Coccinella), Crotch, torn. ci't. 

 p. 184. 

 I/ab. Natal, Estcourt ; !Ma.slionalaiid, Salisbury, on Acacia 

 horrida and various plants and flowers (^Marshall). 



Var. elytris impunctatis. 



Crotch mentions the variety without a red spot from 

 Angola. I can only refer a very small example with red 

 spots to this name. 



Chilocorus cruentus, sp. n. 

 Ilab. Mashonaland, Lesapi River {Marshall). 



Chilocorus Marshalli, sp. n. 

 JJab. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall). 

 Found feeding on scale-insects on Port Jackson willow. 



Platynaspis cupicola, Crotch, torn. cit. p. 197 ( ? only). 



Mas, capite prothoracisque angulis anticis laete aurantiacis. 

 Fe77iina, capite nigro. 



Hal). Mashonaland, Salisbury, on Lantana {Marshall). 

 Three examples (two male, one female) sent. 



Platynaspis obscura, sp. n. 



Ilab. Natal, Malvern, Isipingo, Umkomaas River {Mar- 

 shall). 



Lotis bipunctiger, sp. n. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury. 



Hyperaspis hottentotta, Muls. ? Spec. Col. Trim. p. 645. 



Hab. Natal, Frere {Marshall), on Acacia. 



1 am not able to identify this certainly, and think it best 

 to record the Natal insect nnder this name with doubt. The 

 three examples have black heads and are probably females. 



Hyperaspis delicatula, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim. p. 693; 

 Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 236. 



Hab. Natal, Frere, on flowers oi Acacia horrida {Marshall). 



I have received three examples of a Hyperaspis narrower 

 than the one recorded above, but more distinctly punctured, 

 and all with red heads. One of these 1 sent to Herr Weise, 

 who remarks: — " Durch die schlanke Form von delicatula 

 Muls. verschieden." Crotch {loc. cit.) evidently thought it 



