COCCINELLA. 10.") 



Nesis sycophanta.* 



Nests sycophanta, Muls. Spec. p. 68. 1 (T). 



1 (Dupont). The type kindly communicated to me by Count 

 Mniszech is without locality, and is labelled "varicolor" in Mul- 

 sant's handwriting, but agrees with the description. 



Bulaea. 



Muls. Spec. p. 62 (typ. Lichatschovii). 



Claws simple, abdominal plates entire, sometimes irregular. 

 Mesosternum entire. 



Bulaea Lichatschovii. 



Coccinella Lichatschovii, Ilumm. Ess. Ent. vi. 43 (1827). 



Coccinella 1'2-notata, Gebl. Ledeb. Reise. n. 225. 14 (1830). 



Bulcea 12-notata, Muls. Spec. p. 71. 1. 



Bulcea pallida, Muls. Spec. p. 73. 3. 



Bulcea Jlavidula, Muls. Mon. p. 54 (T). 



Bulcea Bocandei, Muls. Spec. p. 71. 2. 



Sandy and desert places from Senegal through Egypt and 

 Arabia to central Asia and Persia. B. Bocandei is more convex, 

 less strongly punctured, and shorter, but considerable variation 

 exists in the ordinary B. Lichatschovii. 



The normal punctuation is close, uniform, and very distinct. 

 The pale specimens are undoubtedly mere varieties (cf. Kraatz. 



Berl. Ent. Zeit ) and B. Jlavidula, said to be from Sumatra, 



is probably a mere error of locality. 



Bulaea lividula. 



Bulcea lividula, Mids. Spec. p. 1016. 



Andalusia, Carthagena. This seems to be distinct by its much 

 smaller size and different outline. I have seen numerous speci- 

 mens of it. 



Coccinella. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. I. 1735 (typ. 7-punctata). 



This genus remains after all attempts to subdivide it suffi- 

 ciently large. Mulsant's Harmonia based on the emarginate me- 

 sosternum shades indefinitely into the others. 



Coccinella picta. 



Coccinella picta, Randall, Bost. Journ. u. 51. 30 (1838). 

 Coccinella concinnata, Melsh. Proc. Phil. ill. 177 (1847). 

 Harmonia contexla, Muls. Spec. p. 87. 9 (1850). 

 United States, Vancouver's Island, Mexico. Thorax trans- 



c. 14 



