Epilachna max Pang et Ś lipi ń ski sp. nov. (Figs. 21 a–l)

Etymology. This species is named after Mr. Max Ng, a young collector of ladybirds from Canberra and a nephew of the senior author. The name is a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Epilachna max has a very similar color pattern to E. anhweiana (Dieke) (Figs. 2 a–k), but can be easily distinguished from that species by a distinctly different shape of penis and tegmen of the male genitalia.

Description. Length 6.8–7.8 mm. TL/EW = 1.48–1.50; PL/PW = 0.49–0.52; EL/EW = 1.15–1.19; EL/PL = 3.53–3.64. Body oval. Dorsum brown. Pronotum with black median spot. Elytra with 5 pair of black spots, arranged as 2-2-1 on each elytron; all spots separated from lateral margin or suture (Figs. 21 a–f), sometimes pairs of spots joined, forming irregular transverse bands (Fig. 21 e). Abdominal postcoxal line incomplete, extending posteriorly to 0.8 of ventrite length (Fig. 21 h).

Male genitalia (Figs. 21 i–l). Penis bent near base, with apical piece horn-like, clubbed apically. Penis guide longer than parameres, slightly flattened before narrowing up to a point, with split apex. Female genitalia: ovipositor very narrow, coxites strongly elongate, as in Fig. 21 g.

Types. Holotype (male), Sichuan: Mt. Emei, 1990.vii.18, Lad. Bocák (NHMB) (No. En-382938). Paratypes: same data as the holotype (3, NHMB); Moxi, 1998.vii.2, D. Král (1, NHMB). Hubei: Shennongjia 1998.vi.1–5, Bolm (3, NHMB; 2, SYSM). Taiwan: Musha, 1947.viii.24, Gressitt (1, SYSM) (No.Ce-011015).

Distribution. Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan.