1883.] BEETLES OF THE FAMILY EROTYLID^. 81 



humerali fasciaque suhapicali, ramos undique emittentibus per 

 castas proveetos et ad apicem conjunctos, Jlavis. 



Long. 21 millim. 



Hab. India, Assam. 



The head and thorax in this species are very much less opaque, 

 and not punctured as in T. brahminica. The thorax is shorter, and 

 its sides more rounded. The elytra are sulcate ; but the punctures, 

 which in T. b?-ahminica are very distinct, are here obsolete ; the costee 

 are rounded. The variegated appearance is formed by long branches 

 from the humeral and subapical fasciae which run along the alternate 

 costas ; they do not unite in the single example I have seen, except 

 at the apex, where three unite in an indistinct way, but are no doubt 

 subject to variation. The black round humeral spot is distinct; but 

 the shoulder itself is obsolete as in the allied species. 



14. Episcapha semperi. 



Nigra, nitida ; capite obsolete punctata, prothor ace subtilius minus 

 distincte punctata ; elytris tenuiter minute punctata-striatis, 

 macula humerali subtrapeziformi fasciaque pone medium suturam 

 nan attingente leviter arcuata Icete aurantiacis, callo humerali 

 nigra. 

 Long. 15 millim. 



Hab. Philippine Isles, E. Mindanao {Semper'). 

 Very near E. sublavis, Crotch ; but the punctured striae will 

 distinguish it. The prosternum is broadly expanded behind, and 

 excavated (but not so deeply as in E. octonotata) at its apex; it is also 

 rather strongly margined behind the middle ; it is punctured on each 

 side, but the ridge is smooth. The meso- and metasternum and the 

 abdomen are free from punctuation. 



There are two specimens in my collection, taken by Mr. Semper 

 from East Mindanao, and a third, smaller specimen from Luzon, which 

 is I believe referable to the same species. 



15. Episcapha cordata. 



Nigra, subnitida, antice posticeque attenuata, infra rufa-picea, 

 capite prothoraceque crebre et minute punctatis ; elytris obsolete 

 substriatis, fascia humerali subrecta interne attenuata, utrinque 

 dentata, alteraque ante apicem leviter arcuata Jlavis. 



Long. 8 milHm. 



Hab. West Africa, Old Calabar (call. Murray'). 



From E. ^nciventris this differs in its smaller size, in being more 

 pointed behind, in the whole of the underside being more or less 

 pitchy, which colour extends even to the legs and antennae, and in 

 the form oi the fasciae, the basal one being straighter and the hinder 

 one less arcuate, and not produced at the suture or margin. It is 

 observable that the hind fascia in E. senegalensis is nearer the apex 

 and broader than in either of these species, and is moreover of a 

 deeper blood-red colour. The posterior process of the prosternum 

 is more elongate ; and its marginal lines meet in front, whereas in 

 E. piciventris they are lost in the side of the ridge before meeting. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1883, No. VI. 6 



