178 AIOLOCARIA. 



Synia melanopepla, Muls. Spec. p. 376. 2. 

 Leis Rougeti, Muls. Mon. p. 175. 3 (T). 

 India, Calcutta, Ceylon, Philippines, Art, N. Caledonia. 

 The thorax has the sides orange (melanopepla) or is entirely 

 orange (Rougeti). 



Palaeoneda. 



Crotch, Cat. Cocc. p. 5. (typ. auriculata). 



Clypeus semicircularly emarginate, thorax with the sides 

 nearly straight ; anterior angles extremely acuminate, above deeply 

 impressed, prosternum compressed, mesosternum deeply emarginate, 

 also compressed, together with the base of the metasternum, which 

 is united to the preceding by an imperceptible suture; elytra not 

 thickened at the margin, epipleurse very broad, not foveolate, not 

 acuminate at the apex; antenna? with the first joint triangularly 

 dilated. Scutellum small. N. India. 



Palaeoneda miniata. 



Coccinella miniata\\, Hope, Zool. Misc. p. 30 (1831) T. 

 Neda miniata, Muls. Spec. p. 276. 2. 

 Neda auriculata, Muls. Mon. p. 193. 1 (T). 

 India; very obsoletely and sparsely punctulate. 



Aiolocaria. 



Crotch, Cat. Cocc. p. 6. (typ. 6-spilota). 



Form of Neda; clypeus almost semicircularly emarginate ; 

 thoracic epipleurse hardly foveolate, deeply punctate ; mesosternum 

 slightly emarginate; elytra not margined, scutellum sparingly 

 punctate, apex elevated. 



Aiolccaria hexaspilota. 



Coccinella 6-spilota, Hope, Zool. Misc. p. 31 (1831) T. 



Caria 6-spilota, Muls. Spec. p. 235. 3. 



Leis mirabilis, Motsch. Schrenck. Reise, n. p. 246. 



Nepaul, China, Manchuria, Amur (Maack). Punctuation 

 tolerably close, uniform on the thorax and elytra. Entirely black 

 varieties occur. 



Aiolocaria dodecaspilota. 



Coccinella 12-spilota, Hope, Zool. Misc. p. 31 (1831) T. 



Caria 12-spilota, Muls. S])ec. p. 236. 5. 



Nepaul (Hope, London). This species has a facies very unlike 

 the others ; the metasternum is deeply emarginate. It is apparently 

 rare, and I have not examined it with sufficient care to erect it 

 into a new genus. 



