222 



Ml m-u '4^m^i^ ^ mm(^ -) 



Ventral side of the body shining black, on the lateral sides fulvous ; legs 

 fulvouS; the anterior parts of tlie femora fuscous. 

 Length of body — 6 mm. 



Hab. — Kiushu (Tsuma in the Prov. Hiuga).; many specimens were collected 

 by the author in May, 19 14. 

 The present species resembles somewhat to Chilomeiies qiiadriplagiata Swartz., 

 but apparently differs from it in having six markings on the elytra. 



Fig. 3' 



Scymnus (Pullus) mitsuhashii sp. n. 



(Fig- 3-) 

 Nearly hemispherical, remarkably convex, black, covered with short, fine, 

 grayish white hairs; head coarsely punctured; antennae reddish brown; pronotum 

 punctured somewhat finer than on the head ; scutellum impunctured ; elytra more 

 coarsely and sparsely punctured than on the pronotum, with two very large red 

 spots near the sture, but nearer the apex than the middle. 



Ventral side of the body wholly black ; legs 

 black, tarsi being reddish brown. 



Length of body : — 2 3/5 mm. 

 Hab. — Hondo (Rokugo near Kanagawa)., 

 only one specimen was collected at Roku- 

 go in the Prov. Musashi, in June, 191 3, by 

 Mr. S. Mitsuhashi, 

 The present species resembles somewhat to 

 Scymnus (NcpJnis) biptinctatiis Kugel., but apparently differs from it in having'two 

 raised -keel-lines on the prosternum. 



Feb. 1917. 



Department of Entoniolog)', 



Hokkaido Agncultuml Experiment Station, 

 Sapporo, Japan. 



