166 COCCINELLID^E. 



One specimen of this species, without head or thorax, is all I have yet seen from the 

 northern continent of America. 



2. Psyllobora confluens. (Tab. IX. fig. 18.) 



Coccinella confluens, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 373 \ 



Psyllobora confluens, Muls. Spec. Col, Trim, secur. p. 174 2 ; Monogr. Coccin. p. 133 3 y Crotch, Rev. 

 Coccin. p. 136. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hbge) ; Guatemala, Mirandilla 1700 feet, Zapote (Champion). 

 - — South America 1 2 3 , Colombia 2 3 , Cayenne 2 3 , Brazil 2 3 . 



Four examples from Zapote and one from each of the other localities are all I have 

 seen as yet from Central America. The figure is taken from the specimen from Jalapa. 



3. Psyllobora germari. 



Psyllobora Germari, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 202 1 ; Monogr. Coccin. p. 145 2 ; Crotch, Rev. 

 Coccin. p. 140 3 . 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (Champion). — Brazil 12 , Rio 

 Janeiro (Fry 3 ). 



Two specimens from the Volcan de Chiriqui agree so nearly with one of Mr. Fry's 

 examples from Rio Janeiro now in Crotch's collection, that I hardly think they can 

 represent more than a local variety of the same species. They are smaller, the ground- 

 colour of the elytra is a bright " gamboge "-yellow (indicating that they were freshly 

 emerged from the pupa when caught), and the markings are rich brown, or chestnut-red. 

 The posterior spot on the elytra is rounder than the corresponding one in the exponent 

 of P. germari alluded to. 



4. Psyllobora luctuosa. (Tab. IX. fig. 16.) 



Psyllobora luctuosa, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 179 1 ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 141 a . 

 Psyllobora tardigrada, Muls. Monogr. Coccin. p. 135 3 . 



Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero 4600 feet (H. H Smith), Mexico city (Hbge, 

 H. H. Smith), Guanajuato (Salle), Orizaba (H. H. Smith and F. J). Godman); Guate- 

 mala, Cerro Zunil, Zapote, Capetillo, Duenas, Guatemala city, Aceituno (Champion). — 

 Colombia 1 3 , Bogota 2 . 



Small examples of this species come very close to P. 20-maculata. It may, however, 

 be generally distinguished from that species by being larger, of a whiter colour, by the 

 spots being less confluent, and by having a small basal spot external to the two large 

 ones just below the humeral callus. Mulsant describes 1 the thorax as having only 

 four spots; but he had only one example, in which the two central spots were probably 

 united. There are five spots, distinctly separated in the great majority of specimens, 



