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" Var. /? (an species distincta?). Elytra magis rufescentia, linea 

 suturali ad scutellum vix sed in medio sensim latiore necnon 

 usque ad apicem ipsissimum ducta, plaga longitudinali antica in 

 maculas parvas late fracta et altera laterali subrotundata (nee 

 sublaterali elougata) aucta, plaga transversa postica fere evanes- 

 cente, i. e. in maculas minutas 3 vel 4 fracta." Long. corp. lin. 



13 9i 



4 5 ". 



Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, in inter- 



mediis et elevatis degens, usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens. 



Plates not v-shaped, ventral process sparingly punctate, form 

 more rounded. 



Coccinella genistae. 



Coccinella genistce, Woll. Ins. Mad. p. 464, t. 10, f. 5 (1854). 



" Nigra, fortius punctata, capitis maculis 2, et prothoracis 

 lateribus margineque antico (postice in medio integro, sed utrinque 

 longissime et oblique, producto) diluto-flavis, elytris diluto-flavis, 

 sutura, macula subbasali communi, et lineis 2 longitudinalibus in 

 singulo positis nigris ornatis tarsorum basi fusco-ferruginea." L. 1| 

 — 1| lin. In montibus Maderse (6000'), rarissima; supra plantas 

 Genistce Scoparitz. 



I have only seen one specimen of this species, which I cannot 

 assign with certainty to its proper place; in coloration it resembles 

 Chilomenes. 



Coccinella decem-pvmctata. 



Coccinella \Q-jmnctata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 365. 10 (1758), 



Coccinella \0-pnstulata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 368. 31 (1758). 



Coccinella bimaculata, Pont. Dansk. Atlas. II. pi. 16 (1763). 



Coccinella variabilis. Fab. Gen. Ins. Mant. p. 218 (1777). 

 Muls. Secur. p, 93. 7. (1846). 



Coccinella obliquata, Keiche Ann. Fr. n. p. 300. 12 (1862). 



Coccinella biscutellata, Muls. Mon. p. 76. 5 (T). 



Coccinella clathrata, Schauf. Sitzb. Gesell. Isis. 1861, p. 52. 



Coccinella inconstans, Schauf. Sitzb. Gesell. Isis. 1861, p. 52. 



Throughout Europe and Algeria. The most variable of the 

 Coceinettidas ; but three forms are most commonly found, (A) ely- 

 tra yellow with ten to thirteen black dots, (B) elytra black with 

 ten luteous spots, (C) black with a humeral lunule. It is to this 

 last that the name variabilis applies, hence I have restored the 

 Linna?an name which at least indicated the normal type. It is to 

 be distinguished generally by the subapical fold on the elytra, 

 but this is absent in the specimens from Andalusia described by 

 Schaufuss, and in all the English specimens that I have seen. 

 C. biscutellata is a normal specimen with a false locality. The 

 punctuation of the thorax is very fine, that of the elytra sparse 

 and distinct, the mesosternum is entire or slightly sinuate, the 

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