174 MICBASPIS. 



sparse and extremely fine ; surface alutaceous. My specimens are 

 of a very pale yellow, the Stockholm ones are almost orange. 



Micraspis annulata. 



Alesia annulata, Muls. Spec. p. 348. 4 (T). 

 Abyssinia (Reiche). The punctuation is extremely fine and 

 sparse; eyes deeply emarginate. 



Micraspis inclusa. 



Alesia inclusa, Muls. Spec. p. 348\ 4 (T). 



Cape of Good Hope (Reiche, Deyrolle). Mulsant cites Cali- 

 fornia, which is absurd. The punctuation is very faint and sparse. 

 The surface alutaceous. 



Micraspis striata. 



iCoccinella striata, Fabr. Ent. Sysl. I. 269. 17. 

 Alesia striata, Muls. Spec. p. 354. 7. 

 Alesia Olivier i, Gerst. Pet. Eeise. v. p. 347. 

 Alesia larvalis, Muls. Spec. p. 35G. 8. 



iCoccinella Immata, Sclwn. Syn. Ins. n. 158. 29, pi. 4, f. 5 

 (1808). 

 Alesia hamata, Muls. Spec. p. 356. 8. 

 Alesia adunca, Muls. Mon. p. 237. 

 Guinea, Angola, Cape, Natal, Mozambique; these two forms 

 are generally differentiated by the colour of the underside. 



Micraspis Guerinii. 



Alesia Guerinii, Jhds. Spec. p. 345. 2 (T). 

 Neilgherries (Guerin). 



Micraspis univittata. 



Coccinella univittata, Hope, Zool. Misc. p. 31. 

 Alesia univittata, Muls. Spec. p. 357. 

 Alesia inconsiderata, Muls. Mon. p. 238. 12 (T). 

 Iudia, Nepaul. Sparsely and faintly punctate. 



Micraspis pentas. 



Coelophora pentas, Muls. Op. III. p. 58 (1853). 



Subhemispherical, not very convex, redtlish-ochreous; scutcllum 

 black ; thorax with five black basal dots, 1 in front of the scutcl- 

 lum, 1 on either side of the base, 1 round, towards the angles, 

 free. L. \\ lin. 



Ins. Anjonana (Chevrolat). Thorax alutaceous, elytra sparsely 

 punctate, more strongly on the margin ; apparently with several 

 punctures along the suture and external margins. 



