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Show 614 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON [[Dec. 3, same section as proposed by Bedel, having the epipleurse with a fine marginal stria. The absence of any central red mark on the thorax will serve to distinguish it from T. cyprcea, Bedel, as well as the thorax not being at all opake. I have only seen three examples of this species; it was labelled "varia " by Mr. Crotch, but was not described. It is in Mr. Armi-tage's collection. None of the specimens have any pilose dots on the abdomen, and are perhaps all females. . 2. EPISCAPHA ANNULATA. (Plate LXI. fig. 2.) Engis annulata, Macleay, Annulosa Javanica, p. 42; ed. Lequien, p. 150; Lacord. Mon. Erotyl. p. 61; nee Crotch, Cist. Ent. 1876, p. 407. By assuming that the original describer passed over in silence certain characters, Lacordaire suggests, and Mr. Crotch had "no doubt," he referred to the species described by Lacordaire as Episcapha oculata. I think, on the contrary, the insect shown in our Plate fully coincides with Macleay's description. It is, however, rare in collections, the specimen figured being the only example I have seen; it was given me by Mr. W . L. Distant, and is probably from Java. 3. TRIPLAX VITTIPENNIS, sp. nov. (Plate LXI. fig 3.) Oblongo-ovata, ferruginea, crebre subtiliter punctata ; elytris pro-fundius punctato-striatis, interstitiis crebre punctulatis, nigris, vitta lata mediana rufa ; antennarum clava fusca. Long. 5 millim. Hab. Africa, Zanzibar, Mhonda, Ouzigoua [Hacquard]. Var. a. Capite superne nigro-piceo, elytrorum vittis ad apicem usque productis. Hab. Liberia, Junk River (Stampfli) (Mus. Leyden). In this species the tibise are rather strongly widened, but not much so as to make me think it need at present be removed from Triplax. The head and thorax are pale blood-red, thickly and evenly punctured, the sides of the latter narrow a little to the front, and are a little rounded and very finely margined; both the front and hind angles are distinct, but not at all prominent, the front margin is nearly straight, the base is very evenly and gently bisinuate. The elytra are very evenly narrowed from the base towards the apex, each with eight distinct strise with numerous punctures; the strise unite in pairs near the apex, thus the fifth and sixth unite, and the sutural with the marginal one. The interstices are flat, except near the humeral callus, and are thickly punctate. The suture is black as far as the third stria and the margins including the epipleura externally to the seventh stria. The underside is strongly punctured. I have only seen the two specimens, one from each locality; the one from Zanzibar was given me by Dr. Sharp, and, considering the vast distance between the localities, that from Liberia does not differ more than could be expected in a widely distributed species. |
