CRYPTOSTOME BEETLES. 585 



ASPIDOMORPHA ASSIMILIS Boll. 



Aspidomorpha assimilis Boheman, Mon. Cassid. ii. 1854, p. 314; 

 Spaeth, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, xli. 1904, p. 75. 

 1 example. 



Locality. — ^Malay Penin. [Skeat Expedition., 30. xi. 1900). 

 Range. Java, Sumatra. 



Aspidomorpha cincta F. 



Cassida cincta Fabricius, Spec. Ins. i. 1781, p. 109; Mant. Ins. 

 i. 1787, p. 63 ; Ent. Syst. i. 1792, p. 295 ; Syst. El. i. 1801, p. 392 ; 

 Linne, Syst. Nat. ed. 13, Gmel. 1787, i., iv. p. 1637; Herbst, 

 ISTatursyst. Kaf. viii. 1799, p. 331 ; Klug, Erman's Reise, 1835, 

 p. 47. 



Aspidomorpha cincta Boheman, Mon. Cassid. ii. 1854, p. 251 ; 

 Wollaston, Ool. Hesp. 1867, p. 154. 



3 examples. 



Localities. — Zomba, Nyasaland [Cameron, 25. iv. 1900) ; British 

 Central Africa, 6. vi. 1908 ; Durban {F. Miiir, 1902). 



Aspidomorpha natalensis Boh. 



Asjndomorjyha natalensis Boheman, Mon. Cassid. ii. 1854, 

 p. 303. 



1 example. 



Locality. — TiOnibsi {Cameron, 25. iv. 1900). 



Aspidomorpha quinqubfasciata F. 



Cassida quinquefasciata Fabricius, Syst. El. i. 1801, p. 401 ; 

 Klug, Erman's Reise, 1835, p. 47. 



Aspidomorpha quinquefasciata Boheman, Mon. Cassid. ii. 1854, 

 p. 250. 



1 example. 



Locality. — Nyasaland, 6. vi. 1908. 



Range. Central and West Africa, Reunion. 



There is very little difl'erence between A. quinque-fasciata F. 

 and A. hodibtmtda Boh. I am inclined to think that they are the 

 same species, particularly in view of the fact that the species 

 of Aspidomorpha are extremely variable. 



Aspidomorpha amabilis Boh. 



Aspidomorpha amabilis Boheman, Mon. Cassid. ii. 1854, p. 315 ; 

 Weise, Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 104. 



Cassida micans 01. Ent. vi. 1808, p. 960 ; 97, t. 5. f. 83 (nee F,). 



Locality. — Java. 



Range. India, Burma, Java, Sumatra, Ceylon. 



Aspidomorpha furcata Thunb. 



Cassida furcata Thunberg, Nov. Ins. Spec. v. 1789, p. 87, t. 5. 

 f. 96 ; Herbst, Natursyst. Kaf. viii. 1799, p. 265, t. 132. f. 7. 

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