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other cases simply following Mulsant, and there are no examples from these countries 

 in his collection. 



C.franciscana is a variety with the elytra without spots (excepting the scutellar one) 

 parallel to C. calif ornica. 



n. Coccinella cyathigera. (Tab. IX. fig. 3.) 



Oblongo-ovata, lutea, subtus cum pedibus rufo-piceis; prothoraee subtilissime punctato, macula discoidali 

 M simulante, interdum interrupta vel e maculis distinctis formata, nigra; elytris creberrime fortius 

 punctatis, punctis uno in collo humerali, tribus paullo ante medium fasciam prsebentibus, duobus pone 

 medium suturaque tenuissime rufo-piceis. Long. 5 millim. 



Hah. Guatemala, Quiche Mountains 7000 to 9000 feet, Quezaltenango 7800 feet, 

 Calderas 7000 feet (Champion). 



The general colour of the upper surface is pale luteous-yellow ; the head bears a 

 double black spot at its base, usually concealed by the thorax. The thorax is trans- 

 verse, not deeply emarginate in front, the front margin straight ; the sides moderately 

 arcuate, narrowing in front, faintly reflexed. Scutellum black, punctured. Elytra 

 very thickly punctured, and the sculpture quite visible under an ordinary lens of one 

 and a half to two inches focus, scarcely margined ; the spots ordinarily very small, 

 placed — 1 humeral, 3 fasciate (the one near the suture and the external one a little 

 nearer the base than the middle one), and '1 at one third before the apex, — the suture 

 very narrowly rufo-piceous. The underside and legs of a pitchy-red colour, the breast 

 and head being of a deeper tone than the episterna and abdomen. 



In about a dozen examples of this species there is no variation in the number of 

 elytral spots nor any trace of additional ones. The prothoracic M-shaped mark is very 

 clearly defined ; its upper angles are upon the front margin ; its middle is formed by 

 a prolongation of the junction of the oblique lines, so as to form a Y when detached 

 from the side lines ; the bases of the side lines are in the form of triangular spots on 

 the base, sometimes detached. This insect has much the appearance of various other 

 species, as the European G. variabilis, Psyllobora configurans, Oycloneda abdomi 

 nalis, &c. 



12. Coccinella albo-picta. (Tab. IX. fig. 4.) 



Oblongo-ovata, nigro-picea, nitida, capite protboraceque albis, boc disco macula M latum simulante, interdum 

 interrupta, punctoque laterali ; illo basi binotato, punctisque nonnullis in epistomate notatis ; elytris 

 singulis maculis quinque albis — una basali, juxta scutellum, una discoidali juxta suturam, tribus late- 

 ralibus, ssepissime conjunctis ; prosterno et epimera mesosternalis albis. Long. 3-3| millim. 



Hob. Mexico, near the city (Edge); Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Only five specimens of this species have been sent, four of which are from Mexico city. 



It is of a puzzling aspect, looking as if it might be a variety of some other species, 

 but it is, I believe, quite distinct. C. albo-picta seems to come nearest to C. areata, 

 Muls., a Bolivian insect. The head is white, with the base marked, as is so often the 



