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the three last segments more densely atid finely punctured. Coxal lines reacliing 

 tlie hind margin of the segment, witli tlieir interior portion arcuate, their exterior 

 portion straiglit, ])a.rallel to the hind margin of tlie segment, and abbreviated. 

 Halj. Malay Peninsula. 



4. Scymnus variaus s]). \u<\. 

 (PI. VIII., figs. 14, 10, IT.) 



Sc. niger, ])arum longe pnbescens, breviter oblongus, modice couvexns ; i capite, 

 prothorace (macula basali semicircnlare nigra excepta), prosterno, abdomine 

 (segmento primo piceo exeepto) pedibusipie testaceis ; f cajiite, prothoracis augulis 

 anticis et margine augnsto aurico, femorum apicibns, tibiis, tarsis abdomineqne (basi 

 ])icea excepta) testaceis. Supra dense et fortitei- pnuctatns ; prothorax ad angulos • 

 anticos rotnndatos depressus, lateribus panlo rotundatus, basi utrimpie sianata. 

 Elytra lateribus in medio vix rotundata, tubercnlis hnmerorum jiromiuulis et 

 jnmctatis. Metasternum ad latera parum fortiter dense, in medio sjiarsim 

 subtiliter punctatum, spatio angnstissimo mediano ante marginem posticmn sito 

 laevi. Abdomen pnnctis parnm grossis dense instructum. Lineae coxales intus 

 arcnatae, extns cum margine posteriore segmenti confluentes. 



Long. '2\ mm., elytr. 1§, lat. 1|. 



Black, somewhat oblong, moderately convex, covered with a rather long greyish 

 pubescence. The male, has the head, prothorax, fore breast, abdomen, and legs 

 testaceous, with a large black and semicircular macula at the base of the prothorax 

 in front of the scutellum, and with the first segment of the abdomen a little jiitchy ; 

 the female has the head, anterior margin and fore angles of the prothorax, the 

 abdomen, coxae, tip of the femora, all the tibiae and tarsi, pale testaceous, with the 

 base of the abdomen pitchy. The fore angles of the prothorax somewhat depressed 

 and rounded, the sides slightly but distinctly rounded; the base sinuate at each 

 side, the punctuation very dense and rather coarse. The elytra have the punctures 

 nearly as strong, but not so close, as the prothorax ; the humeral tubercles 

 prominent and punctuated. The metasternum is a little depressed in the middle, 

 and has an exceedingly fine median line ; its sides are strongly, the middle rather 

 sparingly and finely punctuated, with a small and very narrow space in front of the 

 hind margin smooth. The punctuation of the abdomen is coarse and close. The 

 coxal lines have the interior portion curved, the exterior one confluent with the hind 

 margin of the segment. 



Hah. Humboldt Bay, New Guinea (W. Doherty, IMJ^J. 



5. Scymnus confluens sp. nov. 



Sc. niger, griseo-pubesceus, breviter ovatus, pauIo couvexns ; capite, prothoracis 

 angulis anticis, pedibus abdomineijue rufo-testaceis, femoribus et abdommis basi 

 piceis. Prothorax elytraque deusiter grosse punctata ; prothoracis angulis anticis 

 depressis subrotundatis, basi bisinuata. Metasternum lateribus pmictis grossis, 

 medio subtilioribus instructum ; abdomen fortiter punctatum. Lineae coxales intus 

 arcnatae, extus cum margine |)ostico confluentes. 



Long. 1^ mm., elytr. 1|, lat. 1^. 



This form resembles very much the female of the foregoing species {Sc. 

 variaus), but as it dift'ers in being much smaller, shorter, and less convex, in the 



