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Prosoplecta quadriplagiata Walk. (P]. XLYIII. fig. 14.) 



Prosoplecta quadriplagiata Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mu.?. 

 p. 189 (1868). 



S • Head castaneous, anteniife rufo-testaceous. Pronotum 

 piceous, smootli, nitid. Tegmina seriate-punctate, piceous, an 

 orange-rufous macula at the base, another in the centre of the 

 discoidal field. Wings fuscous. Abdomen above and beneath 

 rufous ; supra-anal lamina transverse, carinate, apex emarginate ; 

 sub-genital lamina as in P. trifarla. Cerci and legs rufous. 



Total length 9-5 mm. ; length of tegmina 8 mm. ; pronotuin 

 2-8 mm. x 4-5 mm. 



Batchian (Oxford Mus., tyjje, coll. Wallace). 



Somewhat resembles an Erotylid of the genus Aidacocheihcs or 

 Gyrtomorphus. 



Prosoplecta nigra, sp. n. (PI. XLVIII. fig. 6.) 



(5 . Head rufo-testaceous, antennae testaceous. Pronotum cas- 

 taneous, impunctate, nitid, faintly striate transversely in the 

 middle of tlie anterior half. Tegmina very faintly punctate, 

 piceous, an orange rufous macula at the apex. Wings infus- 

 cated. Abdomen above and beneath rufous ; supra-anal la,mina 

 transverse ; sub-genital lamina as in the preceding species. 

 Cerci and legs rufous. 



Total length 9 mui. ; length of tegmina 7*8 mm. ; pronotum 

 2-9 mm. x 4-2 mm. 



Philippine Is. (Stockholm Mus., type^ coll. Sempe?-). 



The species is closely allied to P. ligata Br., and is probably a 

 mimic of some Chrysomelid beetle. 



Prosoplecta guttioollis Walk. (PI. XLVIII. fig. 7.) 

 Prosoplecta gutticolUs Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 189 

 (1868). 



5 . Head rufo-castaneous, paler on the vertex ; antennae tes- 

 taceous, fuscous towards apex. Pronotum smooth, nitid, ochre- 

 ous, lateral margins subhyaline, five piceous maculse on the disc. 

 Tegmina seriate-punctate, piceous, with the following large ochre- 

 ous maculae on each tegmen : — one in the mediastinal area, one 

 in the middle of the marginal area, one at the base of the tegmen 

 almost divided into two by a short piceous line on the humeral 

 angle, and at its lower interior extremity just touching a macula 

 in the middle of the discoidal field, a fifth macula near the apex 

 of the tegmina. Abdomen above ochreous ; supra-anal lamina 

 triangular, cucullate, apex not emarginate. Abdomen beneath 

 piceous, castaneous at base ; sub-genital lamina semiorbicular, 

 ample. Cerci and legs rufous. 



Total length 9 "5 mm. ; length of tegmina 8" 5 mm. ; pronotum 

 3"1 mm. X 5 mm. 



Oeram (Oxford Mus., type, coll. Wallace). 



Yery like a Coccinellid. 



