1 4( ) [Jane, 



middle of the base (1) ; a roundish one near the basal third of the 

 outer margin (2) ; one in the form of a very short transverse line on 

 the disk twice as far from the outer margin as from the suture (3) ; a 

 roundish one near the apical third of the outer margin (4) ; and a 

 roundish one opposite to 3 and midway between the latter and the 

 apex (5) ; as given in fig. a. No form possessing at the same time all 

 these separate spots has been recorded, but they are all obviously 

 present in a state of conjunction in what is regarded by Canglbauer 

 and others as the type form. 



As the simple and convenient numerical system used on the 

 Continent for referring to the elytral spots in Cocinellidee has not 

 hitherto found its way into the English literature, I state it here. 

 Only the left elytron is considered ; the scutellar spot is \ , and the 

 others are numbered from left to right in transverse series from the 

 base to the apex; conjunction is expressed by the sign + . Weise 

 (Best. Tab. II., Coccinellidee, Ed. 2, p. 4, 1885) lays down six cases in 

 which a variety must have a separate name ; but the giving or with- 

 holding of a name in any particular instance is rather a matter to be 

 determined by considerations of convenience. 



Commencing with those showing the least amount of black on the 

 elytra, the named forms found in Britain are as follows : — 



brunnea, Weise, without black spots. Not uncommon. 



tripunctata, B. C Eye, in which the black spots present are ^, 5. 

 Dorset, Chitty, teste Rye. 



A form having |, 1 (reduced to a point), 3 (normal), of which 

 there is a specimen from Leith Hill, Surrey, in coll. Champion, might 

 be distinguished as ^-punctata. 



curva, Weise, \, 1 + 3. Dallington Forest, Sussex, E. A. Butler; 

 Carlisle. Tomlin. 



lineolata, Marsh., \, 1, 3, 5. This is septempimctata, B. G-. Rye, 

 and is not uncommon. 



sinuosa, Marsh., |, 1 + 3, 5, (fig b). This is the same as 4<-fasciata, 

 Weise, and bracchiata, Cradl., and is the prevalent form in this countiy. 

 Spot 2 is sometimes present. 



cervicomu, Cradler, |, 1 + 3, 2 + 1, 5. Woking, Leith Hill, 

 Champion. 



sintcata, Naezen, |, 1 + 3 + 5, 4 (fig. c.) Ballycastle, Tomlin. 

 This form was known to Marsham. 



flexuosa, Fab., 1 + 3 + |, 5. Scotland, Chitty, teste Rye ; Braemar, 

 Donisthorpe. 



