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at one-third ; 2 obliquely placed, the outer at two-thirds, the 

 other (discoidal) betvveeu it and the sutural spot. L. 6 lin. Dar- 

 jeeling (India Museum). 



Synonycha. 



Chev. Dej. Cat. p. 460 (typ. grandis). 



Distinct by the bifid claws ; punctuation fine, elytra not mar- 

 gined, scutellum impunctate. 



Synonycha grandis. 



Coccinella grandis, Thunb. Nov, Sp. Ins. p. 1 2, f. 1 3. 



Synonycha grandis, Muls. Spec. p. 230. 1. 



Occurs abundantly throughout the East ; China, Manilla, 

 Japan, Manchuria, Siam, Borneo, Malasia (Batchian, Bourou, 

 Mak. . . . , Java, Amboyna, Sarawak). It is the largest species of 

 the family. 



Caria. 



Muls. Spec. p. 231 {typ. dilatata). 



Antennae short, first joint broadly dilated, punctuation very 

 fine, obsolete, elytra immarginate, alutaceous ; scutellum nearly 

 impunctate, margins elevated near the apex. 



Caria dilatata. 



Coccinella dilatata, Fair. Syst. Ent. p. 82. 18. 

 Caria dilatata, Muls. Spec. p. 232. 1. 

 Manchuria, China, Bengal, Java, Sumatra. 



Var. (suffusa) : 



Similar to the typical form, but with the black pigment largely 

 developed ; thorax black all along the base, the two sutural pairs 

 of spots coalesce, and the exterior ones run into the mai'gin, which 

 is also broadly black. Flores (Wallace). 



Caria Welwitschii,* sp. n. 



Ochreous, thorax with the sides and base, scutellum with the 

 sides, elytra with the margins and suture narrowly edged with 

 black ; thorax with two black spots towards the posterior angles ; 

 elytra with four black dots, 1 on the callus, 1 before the middle, 

 close to the suture, 2 obsolete placed transversely towards the 

 apex. L. 5 lin. Angola (Welwitsch, B. M.). 



Piinctuation fine, alutaceous, elytra with the humeral angle 

 thickened out ; plates Y-shaped ; thorax with the emargination bi- 

 sinuate, mesosternum emarginate. This species is nearest C. dila- 

 tata, but will evidently need a new genus for its reception. 



