614 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON i[Dee. 3, 
same section as proposed by Bedel, having the epipleure with a 
fine marginal stria. The absence of any central red mark on the 
thorax will serve to distinguish it from 7’. cyprea, Bedel, as well as 
the thorax not being at all opake. 
I have only seen three examples of this species; it was labelled 
*“‘yaria” by Mr. Crotch, but was not described. It isin Mr. Armi- 
tage’s collection. None of the specimens have any pilose dots on 
the abdomen, and are perhaps all females. 
2. EpiscapHa ANNULATA. (Plate LXI. fig. 2.) 
Engis annulata, Macleay, Annulosa Javanica, p.42; ed. Lequien, 
p- 150; Lacord. Mon. Erotyl. p. 61; nec Crotch, Cist. Ent. 1876, 
p- 407. 
By assuming that the original describer passed over in silence 
certain characters, Lacordaire suggests, and Mr. Crotch had ‘‘no 
doubt,” he referred to the species described by Lacordaire as 
Episcapha oculata. 1 think, on the contrary, the insect shown in 
our Plate fully coincides with Macleay’s description. It is, however, 
rare in collections, the specimen figured being the only example I 
have seen; it was given me by Mr. W. L. Distant, and is probably 
from Java. 
3. TRIPLAX VITTIPENNIS, sp. nov. (Plate LXI. fig 3.) 
Oblongo-ovata, ferruginea, crebre subtiliter punctata ; elytris pro- 
Jfundius punctato-striatis, interstitiis crebre punctulatis, nigris, 
vitta lata mediana rufa; antennarum clava fusca. 
Long. 5 miliim. 
Hab. Africa, Zanzibar, Mhonda, Ouzigoua [ Hacquard}. 
Var. a. Capite superne nigro-piceo, elytrorum vittis ad apicem 
usque productis. 
Hab. Liberia, Junk River (Stampfli) (Mus. Leyden). 
In this species the tibiee are rather strongly widened, but not 
much so as to make me think it need at present be removed from 
Triplax. The head and thorax are pale blood-red, thickly and 
evenly punctured, the sides of the latter narrow a little to the front, 
and are a little rounded and very finely margined; both the front 
and hind angles are distinct, but not at all prominent, the front 
margin is nearly straight, the base is very evenly and gently 
bisinuate. The elytra are very evenly narrowed from the base 
towards the apex, each with eight distinct striz with numerous 
punctures; the strize unite in pairs near the apex, thus the fifth and 
sixth unite, and the sutural with the marginal one. The interstices 
are flat, except near the humeral callus, and are thickly punctate. 
The suture is black as far as the third stria aud the margins 
including the epipleura externally to the seventh stria. The under- 
side is strongly punctured. I have only seen the two specimens, 
one from each locality; the one from Zanzibar was given me by Dr. 
Sharp, and, considering the vast distance between the localities, 
that from Liberia does not differ more than could be expected in a 
widely distributed species. 
