LEIS. 119 



Stictoleis vigintiduo-maculata. 



CoccineUa 22-maculata, Fair. Ent. Syst. I. 281. 70 (1792). 



Leis 22-maculata, Muls. Spec. p. 252. 8. 



Leis 22-siynata, Muls. Spec. p. 255. 10. 



Zeis clathrata, Muls. Spec. p. 253. 9 (T). 



CoccineUa 28-maculata\\, Thorns. Arch. Ent. n. p. 237 (1858). 



Guinea. Notwithstanding Mulsant's long description I can 

 discover no character to separate these species. The red scutellum 

 is always from defective pigment, not natural as in L. coryphcea ; 

 again the colour in this and in L. instabilis is ochreous yellow, not 

 ochreous red as in L. coryphcea and L. Thonningii. 



Stictoleis instabilis. 



Leis instabilis, Muls. Spec. p. 259. 12 (T). 



Cape of Good Hope. In this the black spots sometimes run 

 together and form a lattice-work, leaving eight yellow spots. It 

 differs from the Guinea species by having generally only four spots 

 on the thorax, and of these the two basal ones more approximated. 



Leis. 



Muls. Spec. p. 241 (typ. dimidiata). 



The abdominal plates are terminal, or nearly so, and continued 

 externally, forming a sort of V ; and the inner margin of the 

 elytral epipleurse is effaced at about three-fourths : this is cha- 

 racteristic of the genus. The punctuation is evident, the elytra 

 finely margined. The scutellum with a few coarse punctures and 

 sinuate before the apex which is acute. 



Of the other species added by Mulsant, L. injlaia is congeneric 

 with Caria regalis, forming the new genus Gyrtocaria ; L. javana 

 is simply Caria Duvaucelii, L. Rougeti = Synia melanaria, L. gibbi- 

 pennis — Cyrtocaria regalis; on the other hand he has described 

 one species of this genus as Caria. The ovate species at the end of 

 the genus come better near CoccineUa. 



Leis dimidiata. 



CoccineUa dimidiata, Fabr. Spec. his. I. p. 94. 5 (1781). 



Leis dimidiata, Mtds. Spec. p. 242. 1. 



CoccineUa basalis, Redt. HilgeVs Caschm. Reise, IV. 563. 1. 



CoccineUa dimidia, Hope, Zool. Misc. p. 31 (T). 



CoccineUa bicolor, Hope, I. c. (T). 



Mulsant himself (p. 244) suspected the identity of these species. 

 They differ only by the presence of a humeral spot and the greater 

 or less extension of the black on the thorax and elytra. The punc- 

 tuation is sparse and not strong. India, Nepaul. 



