200 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



postice parum lobato, ante scutellum minute emarginato ; elytris minutissime 

 coriaceis, baud punctatis, conjunctim longe et regulariter cordiformibus, extus 

 modice marginatis, liumeris vix impressis ; unguibus late bifidis, basi baud 

 appendiculatis : 

 $ , abdominis segmento 5° postice producto, acuminate. 

 Long. 8-5 mm. Lat. max. 6'3 mm. 

 Hah. Mubuku Valley, E. Euwenzori, 6000-13,000 ft. 



E. nymflxa is coloured and spotted exactly like the previous insect, and almost of 

 the same size and shape, but the elytra are much more finely sculptured, less produced 

 at the apex, and more gently and uniformly curved at the sides. The shoulders are 

 tumid, but there is no definite impression behind them. The female has the 5th 

 ventral segment triangularly produced behind, almost concealing the 6th. 

 The type is unique. 



Epilachna sp. 



A single example of another species, perhaps not fully mature. 



Epilachna sp. near TL. kwaiensis Weise. 



Three specimens collected by Mr. Scott Elliot, in which the median black band 

 upon the elytra is interrupted at the suture, represent a variety of the above species, 

 or a new form allied to it. 



The number of species of the genus Epilachna occurring in this region appears to 

 be one of the most striking characteristics of the fauna. The genus has been divided 

 by Herr Weise into two, Epilachna and SolanopMla, distinguished solely by the 

 structure of the claws. By the adoption of this classification all the new species above 

 described would be called Solanophila, except Epilachna lucifera, which would remain 

 in the old genus. That species, however, is so similar in appearance to E. mjmpha 

 that it was only after a close examination that I found them to be different ; it has no 

 close afiinity with any other species of Epilachna. In fact the two series of species 

 do not appear to be naturally separable, as no concomitant character of any kind 

 has been found to confirm the importance attached to the claw-difi"erence, and the 

 o-eographical distribution merely throws suspicion upon it. Under these circumstances 

 I consider it best to retain all the species in the genus Epilachna. 



