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5— Tarsal claws willi a large subquadrate internal tooth at base 6 



Tarsal claws cleft within 21 



6 — Scutellum very minute ; body small , rounded, pale with black spots, the meta- 

 coxal plates without an oblique dividing line ; prosternal process very narrow, 

 strongly bicarinate to apical third or fourth ; antennas with a narrow, obtri- 

 angular club, the last joint rather longer than wide ; claws slender, the basal 

 tooth but slightly developed transversely. Africa *iVlicraspis 



Scutellum not extremely minute or punctiform ; basal tooth of the claws large and 

 conspicuous 7 



7 — Epistoma truncate or subtruncate at the apex of the coriaceous or semi-corneous 

 margin ( Subtribe C()CCINELL,« ) 8 



Epistoma deeply sinuate. (Subtribe Cydonl-t:)... 18 



8 — Metacoxal plate divided by an oblique line joining the bounding arc at about its 

 middle point, forming an angulate inner plate 9 



Metacoxal plate not or only partially divided, the oblique line either wholly obsolete 

 or feeble, or, when more distinct, not joining the boundary curve posteriorly. .14 



9 — Oblique line meeting the bounding curve at a point which is but little beyond the 

 middle of the segment; body oval, rather depressed, with coarse and unequal 

 punctuation, the side margins abruptly but very finely reflexed ; prosternal process 

 concave along the axial line ; mesosternum with a very small, circularly rounded 

 median notch ; antennal club large, obtriangular, compact, ihe last joint nearly 

 as long as wide and obliquely truncate. . , ... Agrabia 



Oblique line meeting the bounding curve at or very near the hind margin of the seg- 

 ment 10 



lo — Mesosternum transversely truncate anteriorly ; body strongly convex, oval, more 

 or less finely and equally punctate, the side margins very finely reflexed ; pro- 

 notum solidly black, with a more or less subquadrate pale spot at the apical 

 angles ; hind angles rather naiTowly rounded Coccinella 



Mesosternum broadly sinuate at the anterior margin ; side margins more broadly re- 

 flexed II 



1 1 — Pronotum solidly black, with broad pale side margins ; body oval, rather strongly 

 convex, the elytra sometimes having a transverse subapical plica ; punctures 

 fine and subequal. Palaearctic. * PtychanatfS 



Pronotum variegated throughout its extent with black and pale markings, or pale 

 with small black spots 12 



12 — Body globularly convex and very broadly rounded, minutely and equally punc- 

 tate, the pronotum pale with small black points, the elytra with transverse series 

 of spots on a pale ground, or, by extension, of pale spots on a dark ground ; 

 prosternum with two fine carinae converging anteriorly and extending slightly be- 

 yond the middle. Africa * Stictoleis 



Body moderately convex or somewhat depressed, oval in form ; pronotum pale, varie- 

 gated with black 13 



13 — Elytral punctures strong and unequal ; prosternum not bicarinate. 



Neoharmonia 



Elytral punctures finer and equal; prosternum with two fine approximate carina, con- 

 verging slightly in front and extending to about the middle of the length. Africa. 



* (Enopia 



