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prolonged towards the base, one triangular in the middle, one 

 apical ; punctuation strong, rather close. L. 2 lin. N. India 

 (Deyrolle). 



Coelophora varicolor, sp. n. 



Suborbicular, punctuation coarse and sparse, orange-red, with 

 the pectus black; thorax with the central third of the base 

 narrowly black, this colour prolonged into a discoidal line reaching 

 half way to the margin; elytra black, the humeral and apical 

 angle orange-red ; epipleurae black in the middle, epimera pale 

 red. L. 2 lin. Batchian (Wallace). 



This is very like C. patruelis in colouring. 



Coelopliora patruelis. 



Coccinella patruelis, Boisd. Voy. de VAstrol. p. 600. 18, pi. viii. 

 23 (1832). 



Coelophora patruelis, Muls. Sp)ec. p. 415. 21. 



Yanikoro (Boisduval), New Ireland, Australia, Batchian 

 (Wallace). 



Coelophora gratiosa. 



Coeloplwra gratiosa, Muls. Op. in. p. 59 (1853) T. 



Resembles G. patruelis, but the metasternum is not emarginate, 

 punctuation rather coarse and close ; ground colour bright yellow, 

 elytra with the margin narrowly and a large irregular discoidal 

 band, black. L. 2 lin. Australia (Deyrolle). 



Mulsant (Mon. p. 276) has united this to C. patruelis. 



Coelophora vivida,* sp. n. 



Bright red, breast beneath and central part of the venti'al 

 segments black ; elytra each with two fasciae and an apical spot 

 black; the first basal (reaching the margin but not the suture), the 

 second medial (slightly convex in front, dilated at the suture, 

 which it also does not quite reach), the apical spot large, discoidal ; 

 legs red, base of femora black. L. 2 lin. Australia (Fry). 



Punctuation sparse, surface very shining, thoracic epipleurse 

 with a shallow fovea running their whole length ; presternum 

 deeply sulcate in the middle. 



Coelophora Jansoni, sp. n. 



Entirely of a dull red ; elytra black, with an apical spot dull 

 red ; punctuation coarse, almost unequal, mesosternum depressed 

 and deeply emarginate. L. 2f lin. Cape York. 



