182 COCCINELLIDiE. 



Chapuis, following Crotch, has united these genera. I have not seen a true (Eneis ; 

 the three species from Ceylon referred to it are probably not congeneric. Exclusive of 

 these, about fifteen species of Cryptognatha have been described ; the area of its 

 distribution appears to be from the Southern States of North America to Brazil. 



1. Cryptognatha auriculata. 



Cryptognatha auriculata, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 497 l ; Crotch, Rev. Coecin. p. 206 2 . 

 Hab. Mexico, Teapa (coll. Crotch). — South America, Colombia 1 2 , Cayenne 2 . 



I record this species, on the authority of a specimen in Crotch's collection labelled 

 Teapa ; it is entirely yellow and shining. 



2. Cryptognatha circumdata. (Tab. x. fig. 12.) 



Atra, nitidissima ; capite, prothorace (medio excepto), elytrorum marginibus, pedibus et corpore infra sanguineo- 

 rufis. Long. 3 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Panzos in Vera Paz (Champion). 



Hemispherical, very shining, almost glabrous, the sparse and fine punctuation being 

 easily visible only on the sides. 



3. Cryptognatha gemellata. 



Cryptognatha gemellata, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 498 x ; Crotch, "Rev. Coecin. p. 206 2 . 

 Hal. Mexico \ 1 2 . — South America, Cayenne 2 . 



We have not received specimens of this species ; and the Mexican locality is not 

 well authenticated. 



4. Cryptognatha flaviceps. 



Cryptognatha flaviceps, Crotch, Rev. Coecin. p. 207 \ 



Hab. Mexico, Yucatan 1 (coll. Crotch); British Honduras, Rio Hondo (Blanca- 

 neaux); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 feet, Tole (Champion). — Amazons, San 

 Paulo 1 , Santarem 1 . 



This small species is a little more than one millimetre in length : " hemispherical, 

 shining, black; head ochreous, thorax with the sides ochreous, base finely margined, 

 rather closely punctulate ; elytra black, sparsely and finely punctulate, more strongly 

 so near the margin ; legs whitish ochreous." 



" ? head black." 



COEYSTES. 



Corystes, Mulsant, Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 506 (1850) ; Crotch, Rev. Coecin. p. 208 ; Chapuis, 

 Gen. Col. xii. p. 249. 



A single species only is known of this genus. It is allied to Chilocorus by the 



