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Ballida. 



Muls. Spec. p. 1042 (typ. Brahamse). 

 Claws without any tooth. 



Ballida Brahamae.* 



Ballida Brahamce, Muls. Spec. p. 1042. 



"Ovale, pubescente; thorax et elytres uoires; les secondes 

 ornees chacune de deux grosses taches d'un rouge jaunatre cou- 

 vrant a peu pres toute la longueur de chaque etui ; la premiere, sub- 

 basilaire; la deuxieme apres les |." China (Hope). 



Tribe 2. Coccinellides. 



Surface glabrous, punctuation generally uniform, eyes never 

 bordered by the genae, epipleurse continuous to the apex or to 

 at least two-thirds. It has proved impracticable to construct a 

 table of genera, but an analysis will be given at the end of the 

 subfamily 



Eumegilla. 



Crotch, Cat. Cocc. p. 1 {typ. conterminata). 



Thorax longer than broad, narrowed before and behind the 

 middle, with a reflexed margin at the base; legs extremely long; 

 elytra with a humeral plica in the 5 > s i x ventral segments, claws 

 simple. 



Eumegilla conterminata. 



Megilla conterminata, Muls. Mori. p. 17. 2 (1866) T. 



Black, elongate, attenuate in front, very shining, faintly punc- 

 tate ; presternum pale ochreous ; thorax with the anterior angles 

 rectangles, hardly emarginate for the head, posterior angles obtuse, 

 black with a red spot at the anterior angle; elytra elongate, 

 acuminate at the apex, humeral plica salient, reaching two-thirds 

 their length, margins reflexed not thickened; orange red with a 

 black pattern like M. maculata; the callus, the suture, and two 

 fasciae (one before the middle, and one at two-thirds) reaching the 

 margins, black; this colour does not quite reach the apex. L. 4i 

 lin. S. Paulo (Bates, Fry). 



Eumegilla variolosa. 



Megilla variolosa, Muls. Mon. p 19. 5 (1866) T. 



Very near E. conterminata, if really distinct; the thorax seems 

 a little shorter and consequently broader ; elytra less acuminate 

 posteriorly, the red colour paler, and the black more developed, the 

 spot on the callus is enlarged joining the suture and the first fascia, 

 the sutural colour also is dilated behind the second fascia. L. 4| 

 lin. S. America (Deyrolle). 



