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VESICATIHG mSECTS. 
BY M. C. COOKE, M.A. 
(Continued from page 102.) 
Sida Mylabris, Myldbris phalerata, Pall.; vil¬ 
lous, black; elytra black, 
with three broad undu¬ 
lating rufescent bands; 
the first arising from two 
spots.—Pall. Ic. p. 78, 
t. E. f. 3 b. Mylabris 
Sidee, Fabr. S. El. ii. 
p. 83; Brandt and llatzb. 
ii. 1.18. f. 18; Billb. Mon. 
t. i. f. 1-5. Head black, 
ff IH 'lil 1 jHI M punctulate, villous; an- 
tennce black, brow im¬ 
pressed. Thorax longer 
than broad, black, vil¬ 
lous, punctate, trans- 
Fig. 2.— Mylabris phalerata. 7 ei ' sel y . impressed, the 
impression m the middle 
punctiform, the other at the base broader. Scu- 
tellum small, black, punctate; elytra three times 
as long as broad, punctate, black; with two undu¬ 
lating bands and two rufescent spots at the base, 
the spot by the scutellum rounded, that at the 
margin oblong. Wings hyaline, with tawny veins. 
Breast and abdomen black, villous, punctate. Feet 
black, villous. 
Found on species of Sida, Hibiscus, etc. 
This species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
China, etc., and forms a portion of the commercial 
article exported from China. According to Sou- 
beiran, it is largely employed in Germany, where it 
is imported by English merchants. The bands are 
reddish-brown, and not ocliraceous-yellow, as in the 
chicory Mylabris. It is figured by Pallas, as cited 
above, and in Billberg’s ‘Monograph,’ t. 1. f. 1-5. 
The greater portion of the “ Chinese Fly ” imported 
into this country has consisted of the present species, 
which is generally much larger than M. cichorei. It 
seems probable that the remarks of Indian observers, 
in so far as they refer to the Telini fly feeding on 
Sida and Hibiscus, belong to this species. 
Four-spotted Mylabris, Mylabris melanura, 
Pall.; villous, black; elytra reddisli-brown, or yel¬ 
lowish, with four spots, black at the apex, the inner 
margin of apical band sinuated.—Pall. Ic. p. 8G. M. 
quadripunctata, Tauscli. Mem. Mosc. p. 133. t. x. 2; 
Billb. Mon. t. iii. f. 7-12. M. cichorii, Oliv. c. iii. p. 7. 
t. ii. f. 13. Head black, villous, punctate. Thorax 
scarcely longer than broad, black, villous, punctate. 
Scutellum black, villous. Elytra three times as long 
as broad, punctate, with rudimentary elevated lines ; 
subvillous, yellowish or’reddish brown, with four 
spots; two anterior, one at the suture, the other at 
the margin, and two posterior, behind the middle, one 
at the suture rounded, the other at the margin sub¬ 
quadrate ; the apical band black with the anterior 
margin sinuate. Almost the size of M. variabilis. 
It is a native of Spain and Russia. According to 
the Pharmacopoeia of India it extends also to that 
country, being cited as one of the indigenous species. 
It is figured in Billberg’s ‘ Monograph,’ t. iii. f. 7, 8, 
as well as hi the ‘ Moscow Memoirs,’ and by Olivier 
as cited above. 
This species can be easily distinguished from the 
foregoing by the four spots on the elytra. It is 
Third Series, No. 60. 
smaller than the Sida Mylabris, or the majority of 
the chicory Mylabris, and would seem to be less 
common than either, since it is rare to find a speci¬ 
men mixed with the commercial ‘Chinese Fly.” 
Banded Mylabris, Mylabris balteata, Pall.; vil¬ 
lous, black; elytra black, with two 
broad bands, the outer tawny, the 
inner yellow with a black spot.— 
Pall. Ic. 1781, t. H. f. E. 11. M. 
punotum, Fabr. S. El. ii. p. 81; 
Billb. Mon. t. ii. f. 15-18. M. Indioa, 
Fuessly, Arch. t. xxx. f. 6; Oliv. 
iii. pi. 2,19. M.fasciata, Yoet, Cat. 
Col. p. 20, t. 18, f. 2. a. Head 
black, villous, punctate; thorax a Mylabris 
little longer than broad, black, vil- balteata. 
lous, punctate. Scutellum black, punctate. Elytra 
three times as long as broad, punctate; • puncta 
small, in four longitudinal elevated lines, glabrous, 
black; with two broad bands one yellowish, with 
a black point in the middle, the other and pos¬ 
terior band tawny; wings hyaline. Breast and ab¬ 
domen black, subvillose, punctate. Feet black, 
subvillous. 
Native of the East Indies. According to Dr. 
Collas Moniteur Officiel,’ Pondicherry, March 2, 
1855), it is one of the species which have been suc¬ 
cessfully employed in Pondicherry, and as such is 
quoted by Moquin-Tandon. 
This is easily recognized b}^ the different colour of 
the two transverse bands on the elytra, that nearest 
the apex being of a darker colour; and also by the 
little black spot on the lightest band on each elytron. 
_ Waved Mylabris, Mylabris pustulata, Thimb.; 
villous, black; elytra black, 
with two spots and two 
narrow bands, of a dark 
blood-red, deeply dentate. 
—Thunb. N. I. sp. vi. p. 
113, T. f. 13 ; Oliv. iii. t. i. 
f. 10 b.; Billb. Mon. t. 1. f. 
6. M. undulata, Herbst, 
Fuess. p. 179, t. 48, f. 3. 
Head black, punctate, vil¬ 
lous ; front impressed; an¬ 
tennae black. Thorax half 
as long as broad, punctate, 
villous, black. Scutellum 
black, punctate. Elytra pig.4,— Mylabris yustulata. 
three times as long as 
broad, punctate; puncta in deep bands, subvillose, 
black; with two spots, one at the suture rounded, the 
other at the margin oblong; and tw r o narrow dark 
blood-red bands, the anterior band undulated, the pos¬ 
terior deeply dentate. Whigs hyaline. Breast and 
abdomen black, punctate, villous. Feet black, vil¬ 
lous. Almost the size of M. phalerata. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, China and 
Bengal. According to Dr. Collas, this is one of the 
species which has been employed successfully in 
Pondicherry, upon whose authority it seems to have 
been quoted in the Pharmacopceia of India. 
This is not so easily distinguished from the Sida 
Mylabris by a non-professional eye as the other 
Asiatic species. The bands are much narrower, and 
of a deeper-blood-red, and it is fully its equal in 
size. 
Eyelet Mylabris, Mylabris oculata, Oliv.; sub¬ 
villous, black; elytra black, shining; with an ochra- 
ceous spot at the base and two bands, the hindmost 
