HISTORY OF THE GENUS. 



C. P. Thunberg. Novjb species insectorum. P. i. 4°. 1781. 



30 new species are described and generally figured, though 

 rudely. Several species have not yet been identified, but nearly 

 all will ultimately have to be accepted. Little or no reliance can 

 be placed on the localities. 



p. 11. fimbriated t 10 

 minute 

 3-notata 



12. japonica f. 12 



13. grandis f. 13 



gibba f. 14 

 8-maculata|| f. 15 

 psi f. 16 



14. irideaf. 17 

 oculata f. 18 



15. similis f. 19 

 borealis (Fab.) f. 20 



16. capensis f. 21 

 pusilla || f. 22 



17. distincta £ 23 



flexuosa || f. 24 



18. repanda f. 25 

 flavicollis f. 26 

 undulata f. 27 



19. lunate || f. 28 



20. crux f. 29 

 comma f. 30 



21. lineata f. 31 



flavipes 

 hsemorrhoidalis II 



... 1 Yeran. discolor (Fab.). 

 ... Sp. dub. 

 ... Sp. dub, 

 ... Sp. dub. 

 ... Synonycha. 

 ... Sp. dub. 



... 1 Epil. alternans Muls. 

 . . . Coslophora inrequalis (F.) v. 

 ... Ibid. var. 

 ... Sp. dub. 

 ... Chnootriba. 

 ... Epilachna borealis (F.). 

 ... Epil. chrysomelina (F.). 

 . . . Psyllobora — ? 

 ... Epilachna. 



Cheilomenes 6-maculata (F.). 

 ... Coccinella. 

 ... Epilachna. 

 ... Epilachna. 

 ... Sp. dub. 

 ... Verania. 

 ... Verania. 

 ... Verania. 

 Exochomus nigromaculatus (Gz.). 

 ... Sp. dub. 



[These two species are Swedish, and are described again in 1794.] 



22. hevis f. 32 

 rivosa f. 33 



23. dentata f. 34 



hirta f- 35 



24. 20-pustulata f. 36 

 8-guttata II f. 37 



... Sp. dub. 

 ... Cheil. lunata (F.). 

 ... Prop, conglobate (L.). 

 ... Epilachna. 

 ... Epil. canina (F.). 

 ... Chrysom. aestuaus (L.). 

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