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same section as proposed by Bedel, having the epipleurse with a 

 fine marginal stria. The absence of any central red mark on the 

 thorax will serve to distinguish it from T. ci/prcea, Bedel, as well as 

 the thorax not being at all opake. 



I have only seen three examples of this species ; it was labelled 

 " varia " by Mr. Crotch, but was not described. It is in 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.) 



Eriffis annulata, Macleay, Annulosa Javanica, p. 42; ed. Lequien, 

 p. 1.50; Lacord. Mon. Erotyl. p. 61; nee 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. I 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.) 



Oblonyo-ovata, ferruginea , crebre subtiliter punctata ; elytris prO' 

 fundius punctato-striatis, interstitiis crebre punctuUUis, nigris, 

 vitta lata mediana rufa; antennarum clava fusca. 



Long. 5 millim. 



Hub. Africa, Zanzibar, Mhonda, Ouzigoua [^Hacquard], 



Var. a. Capite superne nigro-piceo, elgtrorum vittis ad apicem 

 usque productis. 



Hab. Liberia, Junk River {Stampjii) (Mus. Leyden). 



In this species the tibiae 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 striae with numerous 

 punctures; the striae 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 and 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. 



