CRYPTOSTOME BEETLES. 577 



Ann. Mas. Stor. Nat. Genova, 1890, p. 246, fig., and 1897, 

 p. 112 ; Maulik, Rec. Ind. Mus. Calcutta, xi. 1915, p. 380. 



1 example. 



Locality.— Pei-adeniya, Ceylon {Fryer). 



Ravge. India, Ceylon, Tonkin. 



Platypria hystrix F. 



Bispa hystrix Fabricius, Suppl. Ent. Syst. 1798, p. 116 ; 

 Maulik, Rec. Ind. Mus. Calcutta, xi. 1915, p. 381. 



1 example. 



Locality.— Peradeniya, Ceylon {Fryer). 



Range. India, Ceylon. 



CASSIDIN^. 

 Genus Himatidium F. 



HiMATiDiUM CAPENSE Herbst. 



Cassida capensis Herbst, Natursyst. Kaf. viii. 1799, p. 278, 



* Bimatidium comptitm Perty, Delect. Anim. Bras. 1830-34, 

 p. 101, t. 20. f. 8; Guerin, Icon. Regn. Anim., Ins. 1844, 



' Imatidium fasciatitm Fabricius, Syst. El. i. 1801, p. 346; 

 Illiger, Mag. Ins. i. 1802, p. 392. 



Cassida fasciata Olivier, Ent. vi. 1808, p. 971 ; 97, t. 6. 



' Himatidium fasciatum Boheman, Mon. Cassid. i. 1850, p. 65, 

 t. 2. f. 13. 

 4 examples. 



Locality. — Amazons {Goodman, 1879). 

 Range. Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru. 



Genus Prioptera Hope. 

 Prioptera westermanni Mannh. 



Prioptera westermarmi Mannerheim, Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 xvii. 1844, p. 864 ; Boheman, Mon. Cassid. i. 1850, p. 45. 



1 example. 



Locality.— Shan States, Burma, 23.iii. 1905. 



Range. Assam, Tenasserim, Tonkin. 



Prioptera octopunctata F. 



Cassida octopunctata Fabricius, Mant. Ins. 1787, p. 63; Ent. 

 Syst i. 1792, p. 296 ; Syst. El. i. 1801, p. 395 ; Linne, Syst, ^a,t, 

 ed xiii, Gmel. 1787, i., iv. p. 1636; Olivier, Enc. meth. v. 1790, 

 p. 382, and Ent. vi. 1808, p. 946 ; 97, t. 3. f. 38 ; Herbst, Natur- 

 syst. Kaf. viii. 1799, p. 334. 



Mosc. 



