222 COCCINELLLD^. 



11. Neaporia compta. (Tab. xil. fig. 11.) 



Breviter ovalis, fere orbicularis, rufa ; capite prothoraceque subtiliter, elytris ceeruleis concinne fortius punctatis. 

 Long. 2 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



Keadily distinguished from any other species of the genus here described by its colour, 

 which is wholly dark ferruginous-red, with the exception of the elytra. The latter are 

 deep blue, with the sutural angle very slightly red. The scutellum is obscure, but is 

 plainly reddish. The thorax is short, about three times as wide as long. The whole 

 insect is moderately convex, clothed above with a short silvery pubescence ; the head 

 is very flat between the eyes ; the puncturing of the head and thorax is very fine, but 

 quite visible, that of the elytra much more distinct, not deep, and rather stellate ; the 

 tip of the elytra is very narrowly red, and the red pygidium (not quite covered) enhances 

 the red appearance of the apex. 



12. Ueaporia chiriquensis. (Tab. XII. fig. 12.) 



Breviter oblonga, convexa, rufo-ferruginea ; capite (ore epistomateque exceptis), prothorace elytrorumque 

 triente apicali nigro-cseruleis ; capite elytrisque parcius fortiter, prothorace subtiliter punctatis. Long. 

 2*5 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



The head is very deeply and almost rugosely punctured. The thorax is very short, four 

 times as wide as long, the sides margined and reflexed, the front angles acute, depressed ; 

 the base has a very tine marginal line ; the punctuation, though quite visible, is very fine 

 and close. The scutellum is red. The elytra are rich deep red, but their apical third, 

 extending further on the disk than at the suture or on the sides, is blue-black ; the 

 punctures are large, rather stellate, sparse, but thicker and here and there confluent 

 near the scutellum ; the narrowly reflexed margin is red all round. There is scarcely 

 any pubescence visible in the single example before me. 



13. Neaporia guatemalana. 



Oblonga, nigra, subnitida, breviter canescens ; elytris subcaeruleis, ore, pedibus abdominisque apice rufis ; pro- 

 thorace brevi, transverso, cum capite creberrime punctato, elytris parcius sed crebre punctatis. Long. 

 2 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Capetillo, Duenas, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Var. ? Parum angustior, prothorace interdum piceo, elytris subaeneis. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge), Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (H. H. Smith). 



More oblong than N. ccerulea, with the thorax more transverse, being formed as in 

 N. metallica and its allies, the base truncate, a little sinuate, the front angles promi- 

 nent and reaching to the front of the eyes when the head is depressed ; there is a very 

 small punctiform depression behind the eyes. The whole upper surface is rather 



