13G PSYLLOBORA. 



I am inclined to consider it a variety in -which spots 2 and C — 8 

 are wanting. 



Psyllobora configTirans. 



Psyllobora configtirans, Mills. Mon. p. 129. 8 (T). 



Very like P. dissimilis but smaller, more ovate, less strongly 

 punctured (though still coarsely), elytra alutaceous; the thorax is 

 similar to that of P. dissimilis, as also are the elytra; 1 and 2 

 are more approximated, 3 — 5 more irregular, hardly reaching 

 the margin; G — 8 are arranged in a row of three, with 9 under 

 them, not in a square. L. ]X Bolivia (Deyrolle). 



Psyllobora decipiens. 



Psyllobora decipiens, Mids. Spec. p. 177. 10. 

 Brazil, Santarem (Bates), Columbia (Dejean). Spots G — 9 vary 

 in size, generally G is joined by one corner to 5. 



Psyllobora confruens. 



Coccinella confltiemW, Fab. Syst. El. i. p. 373. 95 (1801). 



Psyllobora conflnens, Muls. Sjiec. p. 174. 9. 



Psyllobora varians, Crotch, Cat. Cocc. p. 4 (1871). 



Brazil, Columbia, Cayenne. 



In this species spots 2 and 4 are joined, 4 also being joined 

 to G ; 3 — 5 are oblique, and a supplementary spot appears in the 

 centre of the apical group. 



Psyllobora Bowringii, sp. n. 



Closely allied to P. conjluens, from which it differs by its 

 more ovate form, so that the anterior spots come almost before the 

 middle, and the apical group is extended and not crushed together. 

 L. lg lin. Cayenne (B. 31.). 



Psyllobora subsimilis. 



Psyllobora subsimilis, Mids. Men. p. 132. 15 (T). 



This seems to me very doubtfully distinct. 2 and 4 are united 

 into a vitta, the apical group consists of four only; also 5 is 

 lineai'. Brazil (Deyrolle). 



Psyllobora distingnenda, sp. n. 



Again allied to P. conjluens, 2 and 4 forming a uniform vitta, 

 also 5 and 8 form a vitta parallel to the margin. Brazil (Saunders). 



