406 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



systematist that there are a number of distinct species, differing 

 conspicuously in form and size of the body, as well as in the form and, to 

 some extent, the position of the elytral pale spots. This would seem to 

 militate against considering them a melanic modification oi abdomijialis ; 

 but this question appears to be no nearer a solution now than in former 

 times. It would be one of the most interesting problems for the 

 experimental biologists to solve. The following is allied to abdominalis : 



O. mijiuia, n. sp. — Form as in abdominalis, almost impunctate ; 

 head pale, with a biangulate basal black area; pronotum with broad lateral 

 and apical pale margins, the black area almost solid, having merely two 

 very small, nubilous and elongate discal points ; it is broadly bilobed 

 anteriorly, and has at each side a post-median spur ; elytra with the 

 scutellum and sutural edges finely blackish, each with four subbasal spots 

 as in abdo??iinaIis, though relatively larger, and three much larger median 

 spots, the outer two elongate, extending to apical fourth, the subapical 

 large, only narrowly isolated. Length, 3.2 mm.; width, 2.7 mm. Texas 

 (Brownsville), Wickham. 



Differs in its very much smaller size, still more highly polished surface 

 and development of the markings, which are, however, of the same order 

 as in abdominalis. 



Pseiidocleis, n. gen. 



An examination of the figure of C/ets lynx, given by Gorham in the 

 Biologia, indicates that our Harmonia picta cannot be associated with it, 

 and should have a distinctive generic name. I would propose the name 

 Pseudocleis, W\\h picta as the type. 



The species described by me as Hiidsonica is perfectly valid, and not 

 a variety oi picta, as stated by Leng ; minor is, however, properly a sub- 

 species, and there are two other forms in my cabinet that might with some 

 propriety receive varietal designations. It is almost superfluous to add, to 

 anyone who has actually made careful comparative observations, that our 

 Anisocalvia cardisce and Victor iafia can in no wise be considered as 

 closely allied to the European 14-guttata. It may be barely possible that 

 we have been misinterpreting the 12-tnaculata of Gebler ; at any rate, I 

 am unable to verify the name by plain count of the spots ; there are 

 eleven on the elytra and two on the pronotum. 



Anatis, Muls. 

 The species which I described under the name LeContei is so distinct 

 from Rathvoni, Lee, in every feature, that it could under no circumstances 



