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tlie male of //. ItottentoUa^ and 1 should be sorry to describe 

 the insect till the point is cleared up. Certainly I see no 

 reason why they should not be the males of the species I 

 regard as //. hoUentotta, Muls. There is in these males, 

 however, no humeral s[)ot. 



Ej)ilachna chri/somelina, Fabr. {CoccineUa), Muls., Crotch, 

 Kev. Cocein. p. 71. 



J Jab. Natal, Tugela Kiver, Weenen, Estcourt. 



The form met with in Natal and in the Cape Colony 

 pertains to the var. bi/asciata, Fabr. { Cocci nella), in which 

 the black spots have become very large, so that often the two 

 basal ones, and sometimes the two middle ones, are trans- 

 versely united ; but they vary excessively, and no permanent 

 distinction appears to exist excej^t that the examples are 

 larger than those from the Mediterranean district. 



Epilachna injirma, Muls., Crotch, torn. cit. p. 72. 



IJab. Natal, Karkloof (J/ars/mZ/). 

 Epilachna PoykuUi, Muls., Crotch, torn. cit. p. 77. 



Hub. Natal, Estcourt, on potato &c. [Marshall) ; Tugela 

 Kiver, Weenen ; Karkloof. 



1 have examples from Barberton in the Transvaal. 



Epilachna hirta, Thunb., Muls., Crotch, torn. cit. p. 69. 



IJab. Natal, Estcourt, on Solanaceai (Marshall) . 



One of the most widely spread and most variable species. 



" It occurs over the whole of Africa" (Crotch). 



The examples from Estcourt are of the var. E. insidiosa, 

 in which there are three black fascia^ the two posterior being 

 joined in the middle; the thorax is red, and it is longer than 

 the Cape examples in my collection ; it is possibly distinct. 



Epilachna caniua, Fabr. [Coccinella), Muls., Crotch, torn, 

 cit. p. 68. 



JJab. Natal, Tafel Kop, Ulundi; Malvern; Mashonaland, 

 Salisbury {Marshal/). 



A very widely spread variable species, which has been 

 described under several names when coming from different 

 parts of the African continent. The Natal form with the 

 thorax pale yellow, and to which the Salisbury examples also 

 pertain, is E. Dregei^ Mulsant. 



Epilachna cupicola, Muls., Crotch, torn. cit. p. 71. 



liab. Natal, Estcourt, Isipingo {Marshall). Several 

 examples. 



