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Verania. 



Mids. Spec. p. 358 ( typ. comma). 



This genus is more oval than Micraspis, with the margins of 

 the elytra not produced, but rather reflexed, but I cannot see that 

 it was necessary to separate it. 



Verania comma. 



Coccinella comma, Thunb. N. I. Sp. p. 20, f. 30. 

 Verania comma, Muls. Spec. p. 358. 1. 



Cape, Natal, Caffraria; Java (Mulsant). [This is doubtful.] 

 Punctuation obsolete, surface alutaceous. 



Verania trivittata. 



Verania trivittata, Muls. Spec. p. 364. 4 (T). 



Abyssinia (Reiche, Munich). Extremely close to V. comma, 

 of which it might almost be only a suffused variety, but is on the 

 average larger and more visibly punctate. 



Verania crux.* 



Coccinella crux, Thunb. N. I. Sp. p. 20, f. 29 (1781). 



Verania crux, Muls. Spec. p. 373. 



Cape of Good Hope (Berlin). 



Again very close to V. comma, with similar punctuation, but 

 the margins of the elytra are not black, the vitta is narrower and 

 not hooked at the base, the sutural dilatation is much greater and 

 reaches the vitta. 



Verania furcifera. 



Coccinella furcif era, Guer. Voy. de la Coquille, p. 152 (T). 



Cisseis furcifera, Muls. S}iec. p. 130. 1. 



Sospita Jlavo-lineata, Muls. Mon. p. 113. 3 (T). 



Verania Gauthardi, Mids. Mon. p. 241. 3 (T). 



Australia (Deyrolle, Bakewell). Mulsant cites S. Africa, pro- 

 bably in error. This species agrees in all points with the other 

 Veraniai, but Mulsant appears to have been in difficulties about it. 

 The characters given for Cisseis of ten-jointed antennae and simple 

 claws are erroneous. 



Verania frenata. 



Coccinella frenata, Erichs. Arch, f Nat. vm. 239. 195. (184.) 

 Verania frenata, Muls. Spec. p. 362. 3. 



Verania bicruciata, Montrouz. Ann. Fr. (4) i. p. 304. 292. 

 (1861). 



Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, N. Caledonia, Balade, Art. 



