COCCINELLIDAE COLLECTED BY THE HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION TO NEPAL HIMALAYA, 1968 (COLEOPTERA)

MIY ATAKE, M. 1985. Coccinellidae collected by the Hokkaid6 University Scientific Expedi· tion to Nepal Himalaya, 1968. Ins. matsum. n.S. 30: 33 pp., 68 figs. Forty·six species of the Coccinellidae of Nepal belonging to 27 genera are enumerated. Of these, nine species are described as new: Sticholotis nepalensis, S. kumatai, Pseudoscymnus ne· palicus, Scymnus (Pullus) godavariensis, Chilocorus matsumurai, Calvia connexa, Henosepilachna kathmanduensis, Epilachna gorkhana, and E. hopeiana ; eight species are recorded for the first time from Nepal: Platynaspidius saundersii (Crotch) comb. nov., Exochomus uropygialis Mulsant, Chilocorus bZiugus Mulsant, Propylea dissecta (Mulsant), Gyrocaria mimica (Weise) comb. nov., Synonycha grandis (Thunberg), Henosepilachna pusillanima (Mulsant), and Epilachna nielamuensis Pang et Mao. Five species of Scymnini and one species of Epilachnini remain undetermined.