194 coccinellim:. 



6. Hyperaspis coronata. (Tab. X. fig. 26.) 



Ovata, nigra ; capite, prothoracis lateribus, margine antico et macula basali coronam simulante, elytrorumque 



humero, maculis quatuor apieeque, flavis ; pedibus rufis. Long. 3 millim. 

 Mas capite toto flavo. 

 Femina capite nigro, puncto flavo coroniformi. 



Eab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 8000 feet (Champion). 



Punctuation very thick. Head yellow in the male, black in the female, with a spot 

 on the crown similar to that on the thorax, i. e. with a projecting point in the middle 

 and narrowed at its base. Thorax with the sides widely yellow ; the lateral spot hardly 

 indicated by a faint stain ; the front margin very narrowly yellow ; a crown-like spot on 

 the middle at the base. Elytra with the shoulder and a pair of spots placed a little 

 before the middle, the marginal one of which is joined with the shoulder-stripe, yellow ; 

 there is also a pair of subapical spots, joined together, and also with the yellow apex 

 along the margin ; these spots are sometimes suffused, so as to form a heart-shaped 

 yellow apical patch enclosing an angular black marking. 



7. Hyperaspis billoti. 



Chothera billoti, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 619 \ 

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



Eab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith), Frontera in Tabasco (Edge) ; Guate- 

 mala, Chiacam, Teleman, Mirandilla, Pantaleon, El Eeposo, Zapote (Champion) ; 

 Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Bogers). — South America, 

 Brazil 1 2 . 



This insect so closely resembles Brachyacantha decempustulata that it is difficult to 

 separate the two species unless the generic characters are observed ; nevertheless, most 

 specimens of E. billoti are very much smaller than any of the allied forms. The males 

 have the shoulder-spot clearly defined, and it seems to be present sometimes in the 

 female, though obscure and very much reduced in size, being, in fact, a mere point. 



A very large, and on the whole uniform, series of specimens were taken by Mr. H. H. 

 Smith at Teapa; some of these scarcely exceed one millimetre in length. 



ii. Elytra black, with four yellow spots. 



8. Hyperaspis undulata. 



Coccinella undulata, Say, Journ. Acad. Phil. iv. p. 92 (1824) \ 



Hyperaspis undulata, Crotch, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 381 2 . 



Var. Eocochomus 4-oculatus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1845, 2, p. 383 3 . 



Hyperaspis quadri-oculata, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 231 4 ; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 381 5 . 



Eab. North America 1 , California 3 4 5 .— Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison). 

 This insect does not accord with E. elegans, Muls. (which is sunk by Crotch as syno- 



