HIPPODAMIA VARIEGATA, GOEZE. 103 



Such affinity extends, of course, only to the " tre punti posteriori 

 dilatati e ligato insieine," and while he states that spots 4, 5 and 6 are 

 dilated and confluent, he does not define clearly whether such confluence 

 is so dilated as in fact to form the irregular black blotch which is 

 found in ab. tnrkinenira, Zoubk. (1838), ab. ^nnhhiffi, Leman (1922) 

 and ab. inaodiijera, (Weise) Leman (1922), but is not found in this 

 aberration. I have the honour with his permission to name this 

 aberration after Professor T. Hudson Beare, B. Sc, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. 

 Type in his collection, taken at Southport on 18 June, 1903. 



Formula: 1, 4 + 5 + 6, |. 



9. ab. costae, n.ab. 



Included in Costa's var. (f) is in fact another unnamed aberration 

 in which spots 5 and 6 are confluent — "ora anelie il quinto col sexto." 



The aberration with spots 4 and 5 confluent — " ora il solo quarto 

 col quinto " — included in Costa's var. (f) = ab. aniiuluaa, Ws. (1879). 



Formula: 1, 4, 5 + 6, \. 



10. ab. iveisei, n.ab. 



This aberration with formula 2, 4 + 5, 6, J is grouped by Weise 

 (1885) in another omnibus group of 9spotted aberrations under 

 V. car/iiiii, Fourcr. (= H. rariet^ata, Gopz., type form), where it cannot 

 remain and 1 cannot do better than append a further extract of this 

 group : — 



''e. Fid. mit 9 P. aa. 1, 4, 5, 6, h {9-iiiiiictaia, Schrank 

 carpini, Fourcr.); bb. 1, 4 -f 5, 6, ^ ; cc. 1, 2, 8, 5, ^ 

 dd. 1, 3, 4, 5, 1; ee. 2, 4. 5, 6, ^ ; tf. 2, 4 + 5. 6, \ 

 gg. 2, 8, 4, 5, ^ [arenaiia, Sajo) ; hh. 3, 4, 5, 6, ^ 

 [bi.cn nstellota, Sajo) ... v. (■arpini, Fourcroy." 

 As regards this group: — aa. = type form ; bb. = ab. amjulosa, Ws. 

 (1879) ; cc. — ab. simplex, Ws. (1879) ; dd. = ab. cam/iestris, Ws. 

 (1879) ; ee. = ab. basilaris, Ws. (1879) ; ft". — ab. weisei, mihi ; gg. = 

 ab. arenaiia, Sajo (1881) and hh. = ab. d-pioictata, Haw. (1812) and 

 has priority over ab. bicon^tdlata, Sajo (1881). 



This aberration difters from ab. ba^ilaris, Ws. (1879) f. nn. and 

 (1885) e.ee. in the confluence of spots 4 and 5. 

 Formula : 2, 4 + 5, 6, -|. 



11. ab. thoiiipsoni, n.ab. 



This aberration has in addition to the isolate spots 2, 5, and ^, the 

 unique confluence of spots 4 and 6. 



Type in the general collection at the Nat. Hist. Museum, S. 

 Kensington (1904, 229). 



Taken by Mr. F. M. Thompson (July, 1902) at Tientsin. 



Formula : 2, 4 + 6, 5, |. 



12. ab. d-pit)ictata, Haworth. Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. I. 275/6, 

 10. Y. (1812). 



" 10. ( '. 1-nutata y. 9-piinctata. Coleoptris 



punctis parvis novem. viz. uno communi, caeteris duplo 

 majore, altero minuto ante medium, singulo elytro, 

 suturam versus, tribusque posticis triangulatim positis 

 parvis. Caput flavum vertice nigro, thorax margine 



