March, 1903.] I.ENG : NORTH AMERICAN COCCINELLIU.E. 39 



Major Casey has separated under the name sii/ii/is specimens from 

 Colorado and Arizona in which the form is more elongate, the thorax 

 especially so and more rounded at base. I can trace the differences 

 described in the large series I have examined, but do not believe they 

 indicate more than a feebly defined race. 



Ceratomegilla Crofcli. 



3038. C. L'Ikei Cr., 1873. Hudson's Bay. 



"Oval, sub-opaque, antennre, tarsi and palpi ochreous ; head with a white spot 

 in front of each eye, thorax with the sides bordered with ochreous, anterior angles 

 broadly ochreous, and a very minute line in the middle of the anterior margin also 

 ochreous ; elytra rather closely punctate, a triangular spot on the base, the external 

 margin irregularly, and an elongate common sutural spot near the apex fulvous. 

 L. 22 inch (5.5 mm.)." 



The claws are dentate at base and the antennre have the third 

 joint longer than the second, broadly dilated at apex, with the inner 

 angle ciliate. 



Unknown to Major Casey and not represented in any of the col- 

 lections I have seen. I repeat the description of Crotch (Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc, IV, 365). 



Adonia Mu/s. 



3039. A. constellata Z(7/</^ 17S1. Nova Scotia. 



" l>]ack, tibiae, antennae and entire front of the head pale ; thorax with a narrow 

 border, an abbreviated medial line connected with the anterior margin and a round 

 dot on either side white ; elytra clearly and rather coarsely punctate, with a scutellar 

 spot and six others (as in Hippodainia') variously united or absent. L. 19 inch 

 ^4.7 mm." 



This is a European insect and the name is cited as a synonym of 

 variegata Goeze in the Gemminger & Harold Catalogue, and in the 

 later Henshaw list. It is not represented in any of the collections I 

 have seen. I quote Crotch's description. 



I think this species should be omitted from our list. 



Eriopsis Muls. 



3040. E. COnnexa Germ, Texas, California, Vancouver. 



Oblong, black, extremely finely and obsoletely, head more visibly, punctate ; 

 thorax with the sides, and a spot on the front and hind margins yellow ; elytra with 

 the margin, base and two dorsal spots yellow ; the marginal line is dilated in five 

 places, one basal, one subhumeral, one medial, one at three fourths and one sub- 

 apical. L. 122 inch =5.5 mm. 



This is a South American insect, which has very seldom been 

 found in the United States, even if the records are authentic. 



