162 COCCINELLIDJL 



I have retained it as a convenient temporary working division, mainly distinguished 

 by the less convexity of the species, their longer antennae, and some other quite unim- 

 portant characters which are partly common to other groups. But I am unable to 

 discover any real ground for separating it from the " Coccinellides," or of any one 

 character that will distinguish it. 



MYSIA. 



Mysia, Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Col. Fr., Securip. p. 128 (1846) (nomen praeocc). 



This boreal genus consists at present of four species found where Coniferae are 

 abundant; the only species known from Central America was referred to Pelina by 

 Mulsant, probably owing to its having the margins of the elytra widened. This 

 species is not represented in our collections, and, indeed, its precise origin is doubtful. 

 It is very probable, however, that the genus occurs in high altitudes in Northern 

 Mexico. 



1. Mysia gerstaeckeri. 



Pelina Gerstackeri, Muls. Monogr. Coccin. p. 192 (1866) \ 

 Mysia Gerstackeri, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 125 2 . 



" Brievement ovalaire. Prothorax et elyfcres d'un jaune d'ocre un peu fonce: le premier sans taehes: les 

 secondes ornees chacune de quatre bandes longitudinales d'un rouge roux ou fauve : trois constituant 

 une sorte d'N : la 2* courte, naissant de la base et presque unie au tiers du cote externe de la plus voisine 

 de la suture. Dessous du corps et pieds d'un roux fauve." Long. 7-8 niillim. 



Eab. Mexico (Boucard 2 ). — South America, Brazil ] l . 

 I have not seen an example of this insect. 



PELINA. 



Pelina, Mulsant, Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 27 (1850). 

 Palla, Mulsant, loc. cit. p. 273 ; Crotch, Re?. Coccin. p. 126. 



Three species may be assigned to Pelina, all from Central or Tropical South 

 America. The allied genus Ballia, which has been united with it in the Munich 

 Catalogue, is, however, confined to India. 



l. Pelina hydropica. (Tab. IX. fig. 8.) 



Pelina hydropica, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 273 \ 

 Palla hydropica, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 126 2 . 



Hob. Mexico l 2 , Capulalpam, Etla, Juquila, Totosinapam, Parada, Peras, Chiapas 

 (Salle), Las Vigas, Jalapa (Edge) ; Guatemala (Salle), Panima in Vera Paz, Calderas 

 (Champion), Tepan (Conradt). 



The specimen figured is one from Totosinapam. 



