1.88 COCCINELLIDiE. 



the middle ; and the abdomen from the third segment is broadly impressed, but the 

 margin of the third is not raised or tubercular. 



7. Brachyacantha conjuncta. (Tab. X. fig. 20.) 



Brachyacantha conjuncta, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 536 l ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 212 2 . 



Hah. Mexico x 2 , Ventanas in Durango (Hoge), Capulalpam, Etla, Yolotepec, Juquila 

 (Salle) ; Costa Eica, Cache (Rogers). 



This species is labelled Brachyacantha compromissa, Muls., in the Salle collection ; 

 it is allied to B. pygidialis, but is a shorter and rounder insect. B. conjuncta varies 

 considerably in size, from about 2^-5 millim. in length. In one large female from Etla 

 the head and thorax are black, only a small dot on the former and the tips of the front 

 angles of the latter being red, and the underside and legs are black in this specimen ; 

 while in a smaller male, from Yolotepec, the head, the greater part of the thorax, and 

 the legs are yellow. 



The specimen figured is one from Etla. 



8. Brachyacantha erythrocephala. 



Coccinella erythrocephala, Fabr. Mant. Ins. p. 61 (1787) \ 

 Brachyacantha erythrocephala, Crotch, Eev. Coccin. p. 211 2 . 

 Coccinella bistripustulata, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 383 3 . 

 Brachyacantha bistripustulata, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 528 4 . 



Hab. Noeth Ameeica, United States 24 . — Mexico 4 , Presidio, San Bias (Forrer), 

 Ventanas in Durango (Forrer, Hoge), Jalapa (Hoge), Cordova (Hoge, Salle), Orizaba 

 (Salle, H H Smith, and F. D. G.), Guanajuato, Capulalpam, Puebla, Toxpam, Oaxaca 

 (Salle), Xucumanatlan, Tepetlapa, Amula, La Venta, and Venta de Zopilote in Guer- 

 rero, Cuernavaca in Morelos, Atoyac and Fortin in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. 

 Smith), Temax in North Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Beitish Hondueas, R. Sarstoon (Blanca- 

 neaux) ; Guatemala, Aceituno 5000 feet (Salvin), Chiacam, Purula, Senahu, Sinanja, 

 and San Geronimo in Vera Paz, Guatemala city, Duerlas, Capetillo, Zapote, Paso 

 Antonio (Champion) ; Hondueas (Salle) ; Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa 

 Rica (Van Patten), Volcan de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet, Cache (Rogers); Panama, 

 Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet, David, Tole (Champion). — South Ameeica 3 , 

 Colombia 4 , Peru. 



9. Brachyacantha decempustulata. 



Hyperaspis 10-pustulata, Melsh. Proc. Acad. Phil. hi. p. 179 (1847) \ 



Brachyacantha decempustulata, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 211 2 . 



Brachyacantha octostigma, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 539 8 ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 212 \ 



Brachyacantha ursina, var. a, Crotch, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 378 5 . 



Var. Elytris maculis flavis confluentibus. 



Brachyacantha bollii, Crotch, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 879 6 . 



