110 COCCINELLA. 



Coccinella sethiops." 



Coccinella cethiops, Bland. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. in. \\ 

 (1864). 



Colorado (Bland). 



Coccinella duodecim-maculata. 



Coccinella 12-maciUata\\, G abler. Mem. Mosc. n. 7G. 3 (1832). 



Ilarmonia 12-maculata, M ids. Spec. p. 86. 8. 



E. Siberia, Japan, N. America. 



Form convex compact, punctuation open, distinct; elytra with 

 the margins very little reflexed ; abdominal plates normal, nieso- 

 sternum triangularly emarginate, prosternum with the process 

 raised, carinate, abruptly obsolete before the anterior margin; 

 metasternum sparingly punctate, first ventral segment deeply 

 punctate. 



Coccinella Juliae. 



Ilarmonia Jidice Muls. Mon. p. 56. 3 (T). 



Oval, black, head with 2 ochreous spots; thorax with the sides 

 broadly ochreous, leaving the central third black, sparsely punctu- 

 late ; elytra brownish ochreous, coarsely and closely punctate ; 

 body and legs black, tibia? pale on the inside. L. 2h lin. E. In- 

 dies (Deyrolle). 



Mesostcrnuni gently emarginate, plates v-shaped. 



Coccinella signatella. 



Ilarmonia signatella, Muls. Mon. p. 58. 5 (T). 



Oval, black, head ochreous, vertex black; thorax ochreous with 

 seven equal-sized black dots, one basal in front of the scutellum, 

 the others forming a W ; elytra reddish ochreous, punctuation 

 rather coarse, sparse, a few larger punctures near the margins; 

 legs entirely pale ; epipleurse of the thorax pale ochreous concave; 

 prosternum bicarinate, mesosternum sinuate. L. 2} lin. N. India 

 (Deyrolle), Himalayas. 



Coccinella arcuata. 



Coccinella arcuata, Fair. Mant. I. 55. 21 (1787). 



Harmonia a/rcuata, Muls. Spec. p. 77. 3. 



Coccinella rejiciem, Walk. Ann. iY. II. iv. 219 (1860) T. 



China, Philippines, Singapore, Java (Horsfield), Cape York 

 (Janson), N. Caledonia, Cape of Good Hope. A very variable 

 speeies, the subapieal band is the last thing to disappear ; some- 

 times it is an entirely unicolourbus reddish ochreous. Apparently 

 widely spread, the African locality is at least doubtful. 



Plates v-shaped, punctuation distinct, raeaostornum entire. 



