196 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xi. 



The following varieties have been described : 



Submarginal spot of thorax isolated or nearly so ; 



Elytral spots entirely disconnected, Cal Ovipentlis Csy.. 



Submarginal spot of thorax broadly amalgamated with the central black design ; 



Elytral spots connected to form bands, N. Mex transversalis Csy. 



It seems to me probable that still other variations in the elytral 

 markings may be found so as to form a complete series connecting this 

 and the preceding species ; but with the material before me they ap- 

 pear sufficiently distinct to remain as species for the present. 



. A. humeralis Say, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil., IV, p. 95. 



Oval, black ; head with two reddish spots ; thorax with narrow apical and lateral 

 margins reddish-yellow ; elytra with subquadrate humeral blotch red and a round spot 

 behind the middle also red (sometimes lacking). The elytra have also a very fine 

 yellow side margin not always evident ; metacoxal plates parabolic, extending nearly 

 to apical third. Length, 4-5 mm. =; .16-.20 inch. 



Widely distributed but rare in collections : Canada, Nova Scotia, 

 Massachusetts, New York, Middle and Western States, Nebraska, New 

 Mexico, Arizona, Utah, California. 



3068. A. ludovicae Mids., Mon., p. 36. 



" Head and thorax whitish, that black posteriorly, this with five black spots; 

 elytra red, disk with a large black dot ; ventral segments and legs orange, those 

 black on the middle. Length, 3 mm. ^1.25 inch. 



" North American (Felix)." 



This description, quoted by Crotch, has not been identified by 

 Major Casey ; it is possibly a mistake to include the name longer in 

 our lists. 



Agrabia Casey. 



3070. A. cyanoptera Muh., 1851, Spec, p. 82. 



Oval, moderately convex, pale rufo-testaceous above and beneath, except the 

 elytra which are bright blue, sometimes with a feeble greenish tinge, the side mar- 

 gins very narrowly testaceous from the humeral angles to apical four fifths, where the 

 pale margin is inwardly dilated, forming an elongate, internally arcuate spot, which 

 narrows and disappears completely very near the sutural angles ; punctures strong and 

 rather close-set, somewhat unequal. Length, 5.5 mm. = .22 inch. 



Occurs in Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona. Rare in collections. 



Coccinella Linn. 

 May be divided into subgenera as follows : 



Thorax with sub(juadrate pale spots at apical angles, sometimes also with apical mar- 

 gin pale Coccinella. 



Thorax black, variegated with pale markings or yellow with black spots. 



