112 COCCINELLA. 



Form short, compact, punctuation strong, close, uniform ; 

 plates v-shaped, mesosternum emarginate, process of first ventral 

 segment smooth, epipleurae of elytra inclined, continuous almost to 

 the apex, slightly foveolate for the femora. 



Coccinella quatuordecim-pustulata. 



Coccinella li-pushdata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 3G8. 32 (1758). 



,, „ Muls. Secur. p. 93. G. 



Coccinella sinuatomarginata, Fald. N. Mem. Mosc. v. 404. 



57G, pi. 15. 4. 

 „ „ „ Muls. Spec. p. 1018. 



Harmonia Billieti, Muls. Op. III. p. 16 (1853) T. 

 Coccinella Ghilianii Bell. Ann. Fr. (4) x. p. xxvu. (1870). 

 Europe generally (except England), Siberia, N. India (Deyrolle). 

 Punctuation close, uniform, tolerably strong, that of the thorax 

 much finer. Epipleurae horizontal, ending at two-thirds, plates 

 terminal, incomplete, mesosternum sometimes sinuate. The varie- 

 ties cited differ by having certain of the marginal spots united, and 

 slight variations of the pattern of the thorax (in C. Billieti it is 

 black with the sides broadly white). 



Coccinella Marmottani.* 



Coccinella Marmottani, Fairm. Ann. Fr. viii. p. 501 (18G8). 



" Subhemisphamca, lsevis, nigra, labro, thoracis lateribus, 

 macula elytrorum basali cum macula marginali confluente, macula 

 discoidali, maculaque apicali flavis; pedibus flavis femoribus basi 

 infuscatis." L. 2\ mm. Maroc. Resembles C. H-piistidata, but 

 is much smaller, and with the spots confluent; the external margin 

 of the thorax is straight, and the shoulders are not produced. 



[Probably a variety of C. li-jmstulata.] 



Coccinella miranda. 



Coccinella miranda, Woll. Cat. Can. Col. p. 422 (18G4). 



Pvotundato-ovalis ; capite prothoraceque nigris, illo maculis 

 duabus frontalibus pallido-flavis oi-nato, hoc brevi lato transvei-so, 

 antice et ad latera (grosse marginata) anguste sed ad angulos 

 anticos profunde et quadrate pallido flavo; elytris vel flavis, vel 

 pallido-flavis, grosse marginatis, ad humeros obtuse rotundatis, 

 linea suturali hastiformi (a scutello nigro fere ad apicem ducta, 

 sed gradatim angustiore) et singulis plagis duabus elongatis arcu- 

 atis (una sc. in disco antico, longitudinali, et altera breviore sub- 

 transversa pone discum posticum) nigris; antennispallido-testaceis; 

 pedibus nigris, tarsis dilutioribus. 



Variat elytrorum plagis plus minus latioribus, plaga antica 

 elongata vel antice vel postice in lineam suturalem continuata 

 necnon interdum macula parva media sublaterali aucta. 



