206 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi xi. 



ternal spot near the posterior extremity of the vitta frequently prolonged irregularly to 

 the side margin. Length, 3.7-3-9 mm. = .15-. i6 inch. 



Occurs in California and Vancouver. 



. Var. hudSOnica Casey, 1899, 1. c., p. 95. 



Pronotum relatively smaller and with the black design more irregular, with a few 

 black points at the middle of each side of the apex in addition ; elytral design less 

 developed, consisting of a fine straight vitta from the callus to the middle at apical 

 fourth, where it is slightly dilated internally, each also with a small elongate dark 

 spot near the vitta internally at two fifths, and another at three fifths from the base at 

 the lateral margin and remote from the vitta. Length, 4 mm. = . 16 inch. 



Occurs in Hudson's Bay Territory and White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire. 



Anisocaivia Crotch. 



Metacoxal plate not divided, ventral line continued along the posterior margin of 

 first segment; thorax black, front and side margin usually pale, also a median line 

 more or less complete. 



Elytra dark with or without pale spots 14-guttata. 



Elytra pale with eleven large rounded or oval black spots 12 -maculata. 



3071. A. quatrodecimguttata Linn., 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X, p. 367. 



$ . Black, legs and sides of ventral segments broadly orange ; head orange ; 

 thorax black, front margin, side margin, medial line, spot near posterior angle orange, 

 distinctly punctate ; elytra dark, brown or nearly black, each with seven pale rounded 

 spots, one near the scutellum, three across before the middle, two across behind the 

 middle and one before the apex, reflexed margin pale throughout. Length, 5-5-3 ^n^- 

 = .20-. 22 inch. 



Occurs throughout our northern states to British Columbia, White 

 Mts., Adirondacks, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 



The female differs remarkably from the male and varies, the varia- 

 tions having led to the following names being proposed for its forms. 



. Var. cardisce Rand., 1838, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., II, p. 32. 



Thorax black with narrow apical and lateral margin and median line pale ; elytra 

 black with reflexed side margin pale. 

 3071a. Var. similis Rand., 1832, Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., II, p. 58. 



Thorax as in preceding, the median line abbreviated or lacking, the apical and 

 lateral margins abbreviated ; elytra black with an irregular triangular red blotch. 



. Var. victoriana Casey, 1899, 1. c. , p. 96. 



Thorax with narrow apical and lateral pale margin and abbreviated medial pale 

 line ; elytra black with pale side margin toward apex only and a rounded discal pale 

 spot near the suture behind the middle. 



In addition to these variations I have seen females in which the 

 pale spots of the males are partly reproduced in conjunction with the 

 characteristic female blotch. 



