COELOPIIORA. 153 



Coelophora pupillata. 



Coccinella pupillata, Schon. Syn. Ins. u. p. 184. 90 (1808). 

 Coelophora pupillata, Muls. Spec. p. 397. 8. 

 China, Java (Deyrolle). Punctuation of the elytra coarse and 

 deeply impressed. 



Coelophora approximans,* sp. n. 



Closely resembling C. pupillata; elytra each with two ocellated 

 spots, one basal and one central at about two-thirds. L. 2£ lin. 

 China (Bowring). 



Coelophora bissellata. 



Coelophora bissellata, Muls. Spec. p. 400. 10. 

 Java (Deyrolle), Singapore, Nitophir (Wallace), Bengal (Wes- 

 termann). Surface shining, punctuation sparse, rather faint. 



Coelophora insequalis. 



SCoccinella incequalis, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 80. 8 (1775) T. 

 \ Coelophora incequalis, Muls. Spec. p. 404. 12. 



{Coccinella 9 -punctataW, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 81. 15 (1775) T. 

 Coccinella 9-maculata, Fab. Spec. Ins. I. 97. 26 (1781). 

 Coelophora 9-maculata, Muls. Spec. p. 398. 9. 

 Coccinella iridea, Thuub. N. I. Sp. p. 14, f. 17 (1781). 



f Coccinella psi, Thunb. N. I. Sp. p. 13, f. 16 (1781). 



•I Coelophora psi, Muls. Spec. p. 402. 11. 

 [^Coelophora symbolica, Muls. Op. vit. p. 146 (1856) T. 



Coeloplwra mendica, Muls. Spec. p. 407. 



Coelophora partita, Muls. Spec. p. 395. 6. 



Coelophora Flachati, Muls. Mon. p. 274. 32 (T). 



Japan (Paris), Philippines, Malasia (Malacca, Java, Ceram, 

 Batchian, Flores, Timor, "Waigiou, Kai), Queensland, N. Cale- 

 donia. The Cape is also given as a locality, but I have never seen 

 any thence. 



This species, one of the most variable among the Coccinellida?, 

 was brought home in some numbers by Mr Wallace, and it is on 

 these specimens that I have ventured to unite the above six 

 species ; all have a similar rather faint sparse punctuation and 

 finely alutaceous surface ; the Australian form is lighter in 

 colour, less visibly punctured and smaller, but can hardly be 

 separated specifically. The spots which are typically 1, 2, 1 and 

 1 common subapical, run together and deform in almost every 

 possible way. 



C. partita is the extreme, in which pale areola? are left; but 

 a variety (caledonica) from N. Caledonia is also very constant; in 

 this the upper and lower spots, rather deformed, are left, as also 



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