38 Journal New York Entomological Society. [voi. xi. 



under Casey's name Macfonamia. I prefer to simplify the list by 

 restoring it to Anisosticta. 



Megilla Mtils. 



3036. M. maculata DeG., 1775. Canada, United States and southward, except 



Pacific coast. 



Ovate, black, alutaceous, thorax and elytra reddish, spotted with black, punctu- 

 late ; head black with a triangular frontal red spot ; thorax with an obtriangular black 

 spot on either side the median line ; scutellum black, elytra with two common spots 

 (one scutellar, one at three fourths) and four arranged longitudinally, one on the 

 callus, one medial larger, one at three fourths and one subapical. The spots become 

 reduced in the \ axitty Jloridana. Length, 4 to 7 mm. = .20 to .28 inch. This 

 species hibernates gregariously. 



This species may be divided into geographic races and if this be 

 done our common form will be known as fuscilabris. Major Casey 

 has described a large form from Brownsville, Tex., under the name 

 strenua and there is still a third form occurring in Florida and Louisi- 

 ana which is separated already in many collections and may be called 

 ftoridana. These varieties may be separated as follows : 



Larger form with fully developed markings. 



Prothorax less than twice as wide as long ; 4.7 to 6.2 mm fuscilabris. 



Prothorax twice as wide as long ; 5.2 to 7.2 mm strenua. 



Small form with feebly developed markings ; 4.5 to 5 mm floridana. 



/Vlegilla floridana, var. nov. 



Head black, with a triangular red mark ; thorax red, with two small basal black 

 marks ; elytra red, with a common scutellar black spot and each with humeral, an- 

 temedian, two postmedian and apical black spots. The spots are small and separated 

 by more than their own diameter. The inner of the two postmedian spots is not sutural 

 nor is it usually coalescent with the corresponding spot of the other elytron as in the 

 wzrieiy fiisdlabris. Length 4.5-5 mm. 



Habitat : Florida and Louisiana (Vowell's Mill). 

 I regard this as a well-marked race of maculata. 



Paranaemia Casey. 

 This genus differs from the preceding by the forms of the tarsal 

 claws, as shown in figure, and by the pattern of maculation. I think 

 it should be recognized. 



3037. P. vittigera Mann., 1843. Col., N. Mex., Ariz., Cal., on herbage in 



swampy places. 



Ovate, black, alutaceous ; thorax as in the preceding ; pale spot of the head 

 small or lacking in female ; elytra with suture and a dorsal vitta black, both are 

 attenuate towards the apex, which they do not reach. Length, 5 to 5.5 mm. = .20 

 to .22 inch. 



