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EGLEIS. 



Egleis, Mulsant, Spec. Col. Trim, sdcur. p. 151 (1850). 



Practically this genus, at least so far as the New-World representatives are concerned, 

 is not distinct from Halyzia ; three species assigned to it from Australia are probably 

 not congeneric. 



l. Egleis adjuncta. 



Egleis adjuncta, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 156 x ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 131 a . 

 Hab. Mexico 2 (Mus. Paris 1 ). — Colombia 12 . 



A species very much resembling Cycloneda abdominalis, but with the body and legs 

 black. The Mexican locality needs confirmation. 



NEOHALYZIA. 



Halyzia, Mulsant, Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 163 (partim). 

 Neohalyzia, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 133 (1874). 



The single species for which Crotch proposed this genus has a peculiar aspect, but 

 the characters upon which he separated it from Halyzia seem to me to be illusory. 



1. Neohalyzia perroudi. (Tab. IX. fig. 11.) 



Halyzia Perroudi, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 163 x ; Monogr. Coccin. p. 125 2 . 

 Neohalyzia Perroudi, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 133 3 . 



Hab. Mexico (Boucard z ), Capulalpam, Yolotepec (Salle), Jalapa (Flohr, Hoge), 

 Temax in North Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala, Quiche Mountains 7000 to 9000 feet, 

 Capetillo, Duefias, Aceituno, San Geronimo, Panzos (Champion), Yolcan de Fuego 

 (Salvin) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 feet (Champion).— Colombia 1 2 3 . 



Specimens from Guatemala and from Chiriqui are sometimes very small, and are a 

 little more shining than the full-sized examples, but they do not apparently differ 

 specifically. 



HALYZIA. 



Halyzia, Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Col. Ft., Securip. p. 148 (1846). 



Halyzia, in the restricted sense used by Crotch in his ' Eevision,' contains only five 

 species. In the Munich Catalogue, on the contrary, fifteen of Mulsant's genera and 

 four of Crotch's are sunk under this name ; and it is there made one of the largest 

 aggregates in the Coccinellidee, containing more than one hundred very diverse species 

 from all parts of the globe. 



The proper definition of this and other genera has yet to be made. One of the 

 species I propose to refer to Halyzia is allied to the type of the genus, H. 16-guttata, 

 by its slightly widened margins, by the form of the thorax, which has the sides thin 



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