192 cocctnellim:. 



The legs are red or pale ; the tibiae all a little dilated, and with a minute denticulation 

 near their apices, from which to the apex they are cut off obliquely. 

 Numerous specimens were obtained by Mr. Champion. 



Section B. Front tibice simple. 

 i. Elytra black, with five yellow spots on each, at least in the male. 



2. Hyperaspis jocosa? \Tab. XI. fig. 2.) 



Cleothera jocosa, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 632 ( ? ) \ 



Hyperaspis jocosa, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 222 ( ? ) 2 . 



Cleothera bis-quatuorpustulata, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 634 3 . 



Breviter ovata, nigro-picea, nitida ; capite, prothoracis lateribus late, elytrorum maculis quinque pedibusque 



flavis. Long. 3*25 millim. 

 Mas prothoracis margine frontali lineaque mediana postice abbreviata flavis, metasterno medio haud profunde 



impresso. 

 Femina prothorace lateribus tantum late flavis, macula elytrali humerali deficiente. 



Hob. Mexico 12 ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (Champion). — 

 Colombia 3 . 



This insect exactly resembles certain varieties of Brachyacantha decempustulata, so 

 much so that but for the absence of the spine of the front tibiae I cannot distinguish 

 the females. The males have no fossa on the abdomen, and the shoulder-spot of the 

 elytra is a little more prolonged down the margin, so as sometimes to unite with the 

 middle marginal spot. 



I am unable to determine with certainty whether this species is the C. jocosa of 

 Mulsant's description or not, for the following reasons : — It appears that there are 

 several species so closely allied that the females are hardly separable. We have not 

 received a specimen of the species here described from Mexico, nor have we seen the 

 type of H. jocosa from Chevrolat's collection. A single specimen labelled " St. Paul " is 

 in Crotch's collection, and this appears to belong to the same species as ours, excepting 

 that it has a nearly black head. 



I do not think that H. bis-quatuorpustulata differs specifically from it. The type is 

 now before me ; it agrees with our female specimens in all respects, except the most 

 trivial form of the apical spot. 



To identify these most closely allied species from female types alone, from such 

 distant places, seems hardly possible. 



3. Hyperaspis levrati. 



Cleothera levrati, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 61 3 \ 

 Hyperaspis levrati, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 221 2 . 

 Hab. Mexico 1 2 . 



