134 THEA. 



Thea vigintiduo-punctata. 



Coccinella 22-pitnctata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 366. 16 (1758). 

 Thea 22-pv aetata, Mads. Secur. p. 159. 1 (1816). 

 Thea 21 punctata, Mots. Bull. Mosc. xxn. 151. 243 (1849). 

 Thea Jlaviventris, Schauf. S. B. Gesell. Isis. p. 50 (1861). 

 Sweden, England, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, 

 Arabia, Crimea, Syria, 



Thea Chapuisi, sp. n. 



Ovate, oclireous, metastemum black ; head, thorax and elytra 

 bright luteous, the latter with three very fine longitudinal lines 

 and the sutural margin black ; the lines are equidistant, the first 

 reaching about two-thirds, the second from the callus nearly to the 

 apex ; the third parallel to the margin, abbreviated punctuation 

 clear and strong. L. 2h lin. Java (Chapuis). 



Thea variegata. 



Coccinella variegata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 99. 33 (1781). 



Thea variegata, Muls. Spec. p. 206. 1 (1850). 



Coccinella nassata, Bricks. Arch. f. Nat. ix. p. 266 (1843). 



Psi/llobora IS-signata, Muls. Mon. p. 130. 10 (T). 



St Helena, Angola, Cape of Good Hope, Australia (Olivier). 

 This last locality seems to me doubtful. Varieties occur with 

 four marginal and one basal spot, the rest being obliterated. 



Thea quadripunctata.* 



Thea ^-punctata, Muls. Op. in. p. 27 (1853). 



" Brievement ovale, d'un blanc fiavescent en dessus : elytres 

 ornees chacune de quatre points noirs disposes en cane ; le 2° sur le 

 calus, le l r entre celui-ci et la suture ; les 3 e et 4° coiistituant avec 

 leurs pareilles une rangee transversale, arquee en devant; le 3 e 

 aux ^, le 4° aux |." L. If lin. Asia (Motschulsky). 



Thea bis-octo-notata. 



Vibidia bis-S-notata, Mule. Spec. p. 204. 2 (1850). 

 Coccinella artemisice, Woll. Col. ffesp. ]». 158 (1867) T. 

 Cape Verd [si., Arabia, Egypt. This pretty little species 

 recalls the markings of Psyllobora. 



Thea duodecim-guttata. 



Coccinella \2-gxltata, Poda. Ins. Grasc. p. 25. 6 (1762). 

 Vibidia \2-guttata, Muls. Secur. p. 150. 1. 

 England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Japan. 

 < >n various trees. Some specimens, as pointed out in 1819 by 

 Costa, have an apical plica. 



