Feb., 1847.] 179 



apex of the femora testaceous ; tooth of the anterior tibiae small. Resem- 

 bles somewhat ursina, Fabr., but is smaller than that species, and differs 

 in the elytral spots. 



3. B. basalts. Head, aaterior and lateral margins of the thorax, four 

 basal and two apical spots of the elytra, pale sulphureous: two thoracic 

 spots, elytra and beneath, black. 1 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Hemispheric, very minutely punctured, shining : head pale sulphureous ; 

 eyes similarly colored, with a dusky pupil, antennae and feet color of the 

 head : thorax color of the head, with two large subtriangular black basal 

 spots, separated by a narrow dorsal line : elytra black, each with three 

 large pale sulphureous spots, of which two are at base and one at apex 5 

 the inner basal spot is much larger than the humeral one ; the apical spot 

 is suborbiculate, and is placed nearer the edge than the suture : beneath 

 blackish. Perhaps a variety of feliiia, Fabr. 



Hyperasis, Chevr. 



1. H. maculifera. Black; head, anterior and lateral margins, eight elytral 

 spots and feet, yellowish. 1 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Black, shining, densely punctulate : head yellowish, eyes black ; palpi 

 and antennas color of the head : thorax with the anterior margin narrowly, 

 and lateral margins broadly, yellowish : scutellum rather large, black, ob- 

 scurely punctulate: elytra each with four yellowish spots, placed ], 2, 1 ; 

 anterior spot humeral, the two intermediate ones are placed transverse- 

 obliquely, and the posterior spot is posted near the apex : beneath blackish ; 

 pleurae, epipleurae, parapleurae and feet, color of the head. 



Var. a. As in the type, but with the head and anterior margin of the 

 thorax, black. Coccinella ^-guttata, Melsh. Catal. 



Var. b. As in var. a., but the humeral, intermediate and apical spots of 

 the elytra are connected by a yellowish lateral margin. Coccinella confluent, 

 J. Melsh. MS. 



2. H. 10-pustulata. Black ; head, lateral thoracic margins and ten elytral 

 spots, fulvous ; feet testaceous-yellow. % 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Coccinella \O-pustulata, Melsh. Catal. 



Shining black : head indistinctly punctulate, yellowish-fulvous ; eye6 

 black; antennae, palpi and feet yellowish: thorax puuctured like the head, 

 with the lateral margins fulvous : scutellum comparatively large : elytra 

 distinctly and densely punctulate, each with five roundish fulvous spots, 

 placed 2,2,1; the terminal spot is confluent with the apical edge : beneath 

 black ; pleura and epipleurae testaceous-yellow. 



Var. a. As in the type, with the head and thorax entirely b'.ack. Cocci- 

 nella \0-guttata, Melsh. Catal. 



3. A. leucopsis. Black; head, lateral margins and anterior edge of the 

 thorax white; elytra with two fulvous spots on the middle. $ 1. long. 

 Pennsylvania. 



Black, shining, finely and densely punctured: head whitish; eyes blackish; 

 antennae and anterior feet dull yellowish : thorax with the anterior edge and 

 lateral margins white: scutellum moderate, acute-triangular: elytra each with 

 an orbiculate fulvous spot on the middle; beneath blackish; hind feet fuscous 



