( 130 ; 



Bletasternum medio fortissiiiie dense puiu'.tatiiui. spiuio luediiuiu n-iaugiiliuv laevi. 

 Liiieae coxales margiuem postioum segmeiili uou attiugeiites, .semioireulares. 



Long. 2^ mm., elytr. If, lat. 1 H. 



Of a deep tawny colour, clothed with a rather long pile ; strongly convex, not 

 very densely and almost finely punctured aliuve. Each elytron with two rows of 

 larger punctures at the base ; the inner rows of both elytra limiting a nearly smooth 

 sutural space common to both elytra. Metasternum densely autl, in the middle, 

 very coarsely punctured, with a small and somewhat triangular median space before 

 the hind margin smooth. (Segments of the abdomen narrowly bordered with pale 

 pitchy brown. Fore and intermediate legs rufous, speckled with pitch-colour ; hind 

 legs pitchy brown ; all tarsi rufous. Coxal lines not reaching the hind margin of 

 the segment, almost semicircular, but exteriorly not quite extending to the base 

 of the segment. 



Hah. (Jolebes (W. Doherty). 



21). Scymnus oralis sji. nov. 



Sc. niger, deusiter cinereo-pubesccus, ovalis, fortiter conv-exus ; ore, antennis, 

 prothoracis angulis auticis et margine anteriore angustissimo pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis ; abdomine piceo, basi nigro-jiicea. Supra minutissime, infra metasterni 

 lateribus grosse, medio et abdomine minus grosse, punctatns. Lineae coxales com- 

 pletae, semicirculares, marginem posteriorem segmenti uon attingeutes. 



Long. 2i mm., el3'tr. If, lat. li. 



Black, strongly convex, ovate, clothed with a dense and rather long greyish 

 pubescence. Antennae, mouth, fore margin of the prothorax (narrowly) and its 

 anterior angles, and the legs rufo-testaceons ; fore legs paler than the other ones ; 

 the base of the abdomen pitchy black, the three last segments • rnfons. Upper 

 surface with a very fine punctuation ; the elytra without short rows of punctures, 

 but at the base with a small and nearly smooth space common to both elytra (as in 

 Sc. breris). Body beneath, chiefly the prosternum and the sides of the metasternum, 

 rather strongly and coarsely punctuated ; the middle of the latter and the first 

 segment of the abdomen have the punctures sparser and finer ; a slight depression 

 in the middle of the metasternum before the hind margin smooth. (!oxal lines 

 complete, semicircular, not reaching the hind margin of the segment. 



Halj. Tenimber (W. Doherty). 



21. Scymnus thomasi sp. nov. 



8c. piceo-niger, fere niger, Ii.mge pubescens, paulo convexus, oblongus ; ore, 

 prothoracis margine autico et lateribus, elytrorum et abdominis apieibus pedibusque 

 piceo-testaceis : antennis, tibiis tarsis(pie testaceis. C'aput et prothorax sparsatim 

 et minute pnnctati ; prothorax postice parum angustatns : anguJis posticis rotun- 

 datis ; basi ante scutellam leviter dilatata. Elytra prothorace fortius ])unctata, 

 praeterea punctis grossis instructa. Metasternum lateribus grosse, medio leviter et 

 minus dense punctatum, linea mediana tenuissime impressa. Abdomen dense 

 punctatum ; lineae coxales semicirculares, margiuem posticum segmenti non 

 attingeutes. 



Long. 2 mm., elytr. IJ, lal. 1^. 



Dark pitchy black, covered with a rather long pubescence, oblong, slightly 

 convex. The mouth, ])rothorax (except a very large macula in front of the 

 scutellum), apex of the elytra (ill-defined), last segment of the abdomen, and legs 



