LIOADALIA. 103 



Adalia gratiosa.* 



Adalia gratiosa, Muls. Mon. p. 50. 23 (1866). 



" Brievement ovale. Pro thorax noir, pare aux angles de de- 

 vant d'une tache flave, presque quadrangulaire. Elytres noires 

 ornees chacune de 5 grosses taches jaunes; 2 pres de la suture j 

 (la Ire tronquee en devant ; la 2e arrondie;) 3 liees au bord ex- 

 terne." L. If lin. Caracas (Salle). " Tete noire, ecusson noir, des- 

 sous du corps noir, avec le dernier arceau et le bord des deux 

 precedents fauves. Cuisses noires, tibias et tarses d'un jaune 

 roussatre." 



Lioadalia. 



g. n. (typ. flavomaculata). 



Differs from Adalia by the extremely fine obsolete punctua- 

 tion. 



Lioadalia flavomaculata. 



Coccinella flavomaculata, De Geer, Mem. vn. 665. 71 (1778). 



Adalia flavomaculata, Muls. Spec. 60. 11. 



Cape of Good Hope ; abundant. The other localities given by 

 Mulsant (Abyssinia, E. Indies, Australia) appear to me veiy doubt- 

 ful, though supported apparently by the collection he cites. 



Lioadalia signifera. 



Micraspis signifera, Reiche, Voy. en Abyss, pi. 26, f. 4 (1850) T. 



Adalia signifera, Muls. Spec. p. 1012. 



Abyssinia (Reiche, Munich). More visibly punctured than 

 A. flavomaculata, but still faintly and sparsely. The appearance 

 and the obsolete punctuation are very suggestive of Micraspis bi- 

 dentata, etc. 



Lioadalia intermedia, sp. n. 



Like L. signifera, punctuation similar; subhemispherical, black, 

 head ochreous ; thorax black, the anterior angles and more than 

 half the sides ochreous, this colour produced obliquely from the 

 angle on to the disc, in the centre of which is an ochreous line, 

 dilated at its anterior extremity, but not absolutely reaching the 

 margin ; elytra black, each with eight ochreous marks ; a humeral 

 lunule prolonged for one-third along the margin, a quadrangular 

 basal spot, close to the suture, two spots before the middle (one 

 round discal, one as if halved, sutural), one round submarginal at 

 one-half, one transversely elongate (composed of two) in an oblique 

 line with the last, one submarginal at three-fourths, one subapical, 

 discoidal ; none of these reach either suture or margin. L. 2^ lin. 

 Abyssinia (Deyrolle). 



