CYCLONEDA. 163 



Brazil, Cayenne, New Granada. Punctuation fine and sparse; 

 thorax and elytra alutaceous ; plates Y-shaped. 



Cycloneda dilychnis.* 



Daulis dilychnis, Muls. Spec. p. 306. 8 (T). 

 Cayenne (Buquet). The type, now in the British Museum, is 

 in bad condition ; it appears to be allied to C. 22-notata. 



Cycloneda Sallaei.* 



Daulis Sallaei, Muls. Spec. p. 303. 6. 



Columbia (Salle), West Indies (Brussels). Punctuation closer, 

 rather fine ; thorax and elytra alutaceous. 



Cycloneda callispilota. 



Coccinella callispilota, Guerin, Icon. R. A. p. 320 (1844). 



Neda callispilota, Muls. Spec. p. 294. 



Brazil, Mexico, New Granada. Mulsant has placed this in his 

 genus Neda, but the oval form and elytra hardly flattened at the 

 margin refer it here; plates V-shaped, never quite reaching the 

 margin but continuous to the outer edge. 



Cycloneda retrospiciens, sp. n. 



Ovate, body and legs black ; head pale ochreous ; thorax with 

 the sides very broadly pale ochreous, this colour edged with a black 

 curved line, leaving the discal third reddish ochreous, base edged 

 with black ; elytra rich orange, alutaceous, sparsely and faintly 

 punctured, epipleura? broad, continuous ; mesosternum entire. 

 L. 2f lin. Mexico (Deyrolle). This species has the precise colour- 

 ing of Coccinella luteipennis. 



Cycloneda abdominalis. 



Coccinella abdominalis\\, Say, J. Acad. Phil. iv. 95. 7 (1824). 



Daulis abdominalis, Muls. Spec. p. 316. 14. 



Cycloneda Sayi, Crotch, Cat. Cocc. p. 6 (1871). 



United States, Mexico. This species is very variable, the 

 central band of spots often forms a fascia, mesosternum emarginate, 

 plates Y-shaped. 



Cycloneda viridula. 



Daulis viridula, Muls. Spec. p. 318. 15. 

 Daulis devestita, Muls. Spec. p. 299. 3 (T). 

 N. Granada, La Guayra (Salle), Cartagena. Colour of a pale 

 sreen when alive. 



