94 HIPPO DAM I A. 



Eriopis opposita. 



Hippodamia opposita, Guer. Icon. R. A. p. 321 (1846) T. 



Eriopis opposita, Mn!s. Spec. p. 6. 1. 



Chili, Joan Fernandez (Deyrolle). Readily known from any 

 variety of E. connexa by its much larger size, opaque surface, and 

 the orange tint of the spots. 



Eriopis connexa. 



Coccinella connexa, Germar, Ins. Sp. Nov. p. G21. 889 (1824). 



Eriopis connexa, Muls. Spec. p. 7. 2. 



Var. Eriopis Esc/tscholtzii, Muls. Spec. p. 1009. 



Var. Eriopis heliophila, Muls. Op. ill. p. 9. 



Var. Coccinella magellanica, PhUipp. Stett. E. Z. xxv. p. 402 

 (1864). 



Magellan, Chili, Montevideo, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, 

 California, Vancouver's Island (B. M.). This species has nearly as 

 wide a range as Megitla maculata, and is at least as variable. The 

 spots run together in fascia?, or are reduced to mere points on a 

 black ground; the most remarkable (lieliophila) has the first two 

 sutural spots longitudinally united. 



Hippodamia. 



Chevr. Dej. Cat. (typ. 13-punctata). 



Claws bifid, thorax subtransverse, slightly emarginate in front, 

 base rouuded, sinuate inside the posterior angles, not margined ; 

 elytra alutaceous, with an obsolete punctuation, abdominal plates 

 entirely absent, incomplete externally, or (exceptionally) complete. 

 Adonia (Muls. Secur. p. 39) I have united to this genus following 

 the example of Leconte; as I am quite unable to draw any line 

 between the two, and Mulsant himself seems to find some difficulty. 

 Hemisphoirica Hope (Col. Man. p. 157) is another (sufficiently in- 

 appropriate) name for this genus. 



Hippodamia 13-punctata. 



Coccinella 13-punctata, linn. Syst. Nat. p. 336. 12 (1758). 



Coccinella tibialis. Say, Jonrn. Phil. iv. 94 (1821). 



Hippodamia 13-pwnctata, Muls. Secur. p. 31. 1 (1846). 



Var. Hippodamia xanthoptera, Muls. Sj>ec. p. 10. 2. 



Europe, Siberia, N. America, W. Indies. Generally recog- 

 nisable by the tolerably broad white sides to the thorax, containing 

 a black dot; in the others this is narrow. 



Hippodamia septem-maculata. 



Coccinella 7 -7iiaculata, De Geer, Mem. v. 373. 5 (1775). 



