210 coccinellim:. 



Eupalea and Oryssomus. I regard the genus here as much more nearly allied to the 

 latter than to Poria. 



Nine species of Eupalea have been described ; of these two or three are allied rather 

 nearly to E. picta, the only species that has yet occurred in Central America ; the rest 

 by their markings resemble certain Psylloborce, which have a reticulate pattern ; all are 

 peculiar to North or South America. Recently Mr. Blackburn has rather doubtfully 

 referred an Australian insect to the genus ; but it is probable that the* position cannot 

 be maintained. The claws in Eupalea are very distinctly bifid, and the thorax is 

 margined at the base by a fine line. The antennae are rather long and have a laxly 

 formed three-jointed club. 



l. Eupalea picta. (Tab. XL fig. 22.) 



Coccinella (Epilachna) pictd, Guerin, Iconogr. du Regn. Anim., Ins. p. 319 l . 

 Eupalea picta, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 890 2 ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 291 s . 



Hab. Mexico 123 , Jalapa (Hoge, Flohr). 



Var. elytrorum maculis parum distinetis. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



A single specimen captured at San Geronimo by Mr. Champion is almost unicolorous, 

 but this is probably only due to immaturity. The insect seems to be pretty common 

 at Jalapa, an example from which locality is figured. 



ORYSSOMUS. 



Oryssomus (Reiche), Mulsant, Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 939 (1850) ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 292; 

 Chapuis, Gen. Col. xii. p. 218. 



Oryssomus was proposed by Reiche for the species which occurs in our region as well 

 as in South America, where it was first detected. The thorax completely covers the 

 head and is translucent in front. The head has the eyes coarsely facetted, not cut out 

 as in Eupalea ; the antennae are short, their basal joint large and hatchet-shaped, the 

 last four or five forming a large connate hatchet-club. 



The genus thus differs in many important aspects from Eupalea, but nevertheless by 

 the form of the thorax, and by the depressed oblong body and elytra, is clearly allied 

 to it and was properly placed immediately following it by Crotch. Six species were 

 added by him, five of which are Chilian and one Brazilian. 



1. OrySSODlUS SUbterminatllS, (Tab. XI. figg. 23; 23 a, antenna.) 

 Oryssomus subterminatus (Reiche), Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 939 x ; Crotch, Rev. Coccin. 

 p. 292 2 ; Chapuis, Gen. Col., Atlas, t. 134. fig. 3 3 . 



Hab. British Honduras, Belize (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, San Juan, La Tinta, 



