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Elytra entirely pale or with a longitudinal line, and a spot on each 

 side (the spot often confluent with the line) dark or black. Pro- 

 thorax pale, with black spots often coalescing into an M-shaped 

 mark, with a dot on each side, or varying infinitely in size and 

 shape. Form oblong-oval, less convex, .17 in pida, Rand. 



MvsiA, Muls. 



M. puUata^'i^y. Oval, convex, head black with two yellow frontal 

 spots, thorax black with narrow whitish front margin, sides broadly white 

 and enclosing a black spot. Elytra reddish, sometimes with an irregular 

 blackish dorsal vitta. Legs usually black, .28 in. Larger than C^<r<r/;/- 

 ella sa7iguinea, which it recalls at first sight, and with the thorax differ- 

 ently marked. 



Anatis, Mills. 



Two species are recorded from Canada, differing thus : — 

 Elytra very distinctly punctured ; thorax yellowish white, with a 

 heavy, more or less M-shaped discoidal black mark, and a black 

 marginal spot near the hind angles. The elytra are usually 

 yellowish with black spots, arranged in three transverse rows, 

 though occasionally specimens are found in which the elytra are 

 brown or nearly black. Legs wholly or in part yellow, .30-.38 in. 

 (Fig. 49) , is-pu}ictata,0\\y. 



Fig. 49. 



Elytra quite smooth, with oblong piceous spots, variable in form and 

 extent, so that nearly the entire disk may become piceous, enclos- 

 ing small yellow stripes or blotches subvittata, Muls. 



The former is our largest Coccinellid, and is easily recognized. The 

 latter I am unacquainted with, and owe the characters on which the 

 separation is made to the kindness of Dr. Horn. 



PsYLLOBORA, Chevr. 

 A small, yellowish-white species {P. 20-maculata, Say.), only .08 to .10 

 in. in length, with numerous black spots ; cannot be mistaken for anything 



