Coleoptcra. 95 



Family CTJCUJID^. 



20. Psammoecus concinnula, Walker. 



There are two specimens of this species, originally described 

 from Ceylon. Others in the Museum collection are from Java and 

 China, and a single example from Sierra Leone. 



Family DERMESTIDJE. 



21. Dermestes felinus, Fahr. 



This species, like many others of its genus, occurs in all parts of 

 the world. Several specimens were taken. 



D. suhcostatus, Murr., the type of which is now in the British 

 Museum, belongs to this species. 



Family CRYPTOPHAaiD^. 



A single example of a minute species, taken on the east coast 

 in September, apparently allied to Paramecosoma^ and closely 

 resembling P. serrata in general form and colour, but with 

 differently formed tarsi. 



Family COCCINELLTD^. 



22. Epilaclma indica, Muls. : Spec. Col. Trim., p. 776. 



Numerous specimens of this widely distributed Asiatic species 

 were taken, together with their larvae, near Flying Fish Cove. 



23. Epilachna nativitatis, Arrow, sp.n. (PI. X, Fig. 6.) 



Lata, subdepressa, flava, parce pubescens, oculis magnis, pro- 

 thoraceque angusto, basi fortiter arcuato, immaculato ; elytrorum 

 marginibus late explanatis, ad humeros valde rotundatis, deinde 

 fere ad apicem recte angustatis, singulo grosse sex-punctato, 

 punctis tribus prope suturam, uno ad callum humeralem et duobus 

 prope marginem, punctis quatuor basalibus linea recta, quatuor 

 intermediis equidistantibus linea arcuata ordinatis. 



Long. 7"5 mm 



This species is of a pale tawny colour, and is not very thickly 

 clothed with hair. The prothorax is much narrower than in the 

 preceding species, and is strongly arcuate at the base, so that its 

 length in the middle is almost equal to half its breadth. The 

 elytra are broadly margined, and the size and position of the spots 



