new Colcoptera from ]\[cdelUn. 429 



tiou. Scutellum dull red. Elytra two-fiftlis broader thau the 

 thorax, as broad as long, extremely convex, almost globular, 

 impunctate, eaoli elytron with foiir dull red stripes, the first and 

 third alibreviated, the fourth lateral. Each segment of the 

 abdomen has a black spot on each side. 



COCCINELLIDiE. 



Epilachna bttuherculata, n. sp. 



Cyaneo-nigra, subnitida; elytris creberrime evidentcr punc- 

 tulatis, reflexo-marginatis, dorsim tuberculis duobus approximafcis 

 obtusis piceis instructis. Long. 3-| lin. 



This species although presenting nothing remarkable in form 

 when compared to £. peltata, Er., and its allies, is at once dis- 

 tinguished by its having two round obtuse pitchy tubercles on 

 the dorsal region, one on each elytron close to the suture. 

 Thorax very transverse, distinctly but finely and very closely 

 punctured ; the sides slightly refiexed anteriorly. Elytra densely 

 and distinctly punctured (larger and smaller punctures inter- 

 mixed), rather broad at the shoulders, arcuately acuminate 

 towards the apex, very gibbous, broadly refiexed at the shoulders, 

 more narrowly posteriorly. 



