692 H. S. GORHAM 



this may possibly represent a different species. It was liowever 

 obtained at the same time and place — viz, December 1888. 



35. Scymnus nubilus, Muls., Spec. Col. Trim, sécur., p. 972. 

 Hah. Birma: from Prome to Minhla. Tenasserim: Kawkareet. 



Recorded from various parts of India. 



36. Scymnus asciuianus, n. sp. 



Brevile?' ohlongus, valde convexus, brunneus, lenuiler cinereo- 

 pubescens, elytris nigris, margine et macula discoidali vix communi 

 rufo-castaneis; striolis duobus vel Iribus suhscutellaribus jiunctatis, 

 curvatisi postice abbrevialis. Long. 2-2.5 millim. 



Hah. Garin Asciuii Ghecu, Garin Gheba. 



Var. elijtrorimi disco Mo nigra {</"i). 



The head thorax legs and bod}^ beneath are yellow. The 

 elytra are very variable, some small examples having the disk 

 black with the margins only yellow, while others (perhaps the 

 females) have the disk more or less blood-red, sometimes this 

 red spot is almost common , ])ut usually the suture remains 

 faintly blackish. The basal striolae are quite distinct and the 

 two inner ones extend about halfway down the suture, ap- 

 proaching it more nearly as they proceed, while external to them 

 there is a faint and confused indication of striation. 



Six examples. 



37. Scymnus tristigmaticus , n. sp. 



Late ovalus, sordide ferrugineus, griseo-piibescens, metasterno piceo, 

 elytrorum macula suturali, suhscutellari , alteraque humerali ad 

 medium marginis ampliala, nigro-piceis. Long. 2 millim. 



Hab. Garin Asciuii Ghecu 1400-1500 metres. 



Oblong, the thorax a good deal narrower than the elytra and 

 narrowing in front ; sordid rusty-red , densely clothed with an 

 ashy pubescence. The punctuation is scarcely visible, but the 

 elytra have each, two short curved punctured striae near the 

 suture on the black spot, which is there common to them both; 

 this spot joins the base very narrowly, but the scutellum (though 



