NEOCALYIA. 121) 



Myrrha. 



Muls. Secur. p. 125 (typ. 18-guttata). 



Antennae with the club elongate ; abdominal plates covering 

 about half the segment only, irregular externally, epipleurse acu- 

 minate before the apex, mesosternum entire ; thorax Insinuate at 

 the base. This would come near Aclalia were it not for the 

 antennae. 



Myrrha octodecim-guttata. 



Coccinella 18-guttata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 367. 24 (1758). 

 Myrrha 18-guttata, Muls. Secur. p. 125. 1 (1846). 

 Myrrha for -rnosa, Costa, Faun. Nap. fasc. Q5, pi. i. f. 4 (1849). 

 Coccinella Andersoni, Woll. Ann. N. H. (3), x. 227 (1862). 

 Europe (England, Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Italy), 

 Madeira. 



Punctuation rather coarse and close. On pine trees. 



Clynis. 



Muls. Spec. p. 1023 (typ. humilis). 



[Cleis\\, Muls. Spec. p. 136.] 



Antennae tolerably long, joints of club elongate, mesosternum 

 sinuate, claws short, plates terminal incomplete, punctuation faint 

 and very sparse. 



Clynis humilis. 



Cleis humilis, Muls. Spec. p. 136. 1 (T). 



St Yincent (Hope), Trinidad (Fry). A very curious little 

 species rather unlike the rest of the group. 



Neocalvia. 



Crotch, Cat. Cocc. p. 4 (typ. cayennensis). 



Punctuation faint, spai-se, surface alutaceous, thorax faintly 

 emarginate in front, mesosternum not deeply emarginate. 



Neocalvia duodecim-guttata. 



Coccinella l2-guttata\\, Fair. Mant. II. p. 379 (1787). 

 Coccinella cayennensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 1660. 156. 

 Calvia cayennensis, Muls. Spec. p. 148. 6. 



Cayenne. Punctuation very faint and sparse, elytra with the 

 margins evidently reflexed. 



Neocalvia fulgurata. 



Calvia fidgurata, Muls. Spec. p. 150. 7 (T). 



Cayenne (Reiche, Buquet). A little more evidently punctured 

 than in C. cayennensis ; and differing by the white oblique streaks 

 on the thorax. 



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