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Chilomenes. 



Chevr. Dej. Cat. p. 459. {typ. lunata). 



[Script. Cheilomenes.~\ 



Mulsant has adopted this name for C. 6-maculata, included in 

 it by Chevrolat, but C. lunata is indicated as the type by Hope; 

 hence Cydonia (Muls. Spec. p. 430) must be rejected. The clypeus 

 is semicircularly eniarginate, the antennse short, the elytra not 

 margined, the abdominal plates Y-shaped. 



The two Asiatic species are separated by Mulsant as having no 

 thoracic fovea, but I find a gradual transition in this respect. 



Chilomenes lunata. 



Coccinella lunata, Fair. Syst. Ent. p. 86. 48. (1775) T. 



Cydonia lunata, Muls. Spec. p. 431. 2. 



St Helena, Senegal, Angola, Cape, Caffraria, Upper Egypt, 

 Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauritius, India, Java, Swan River. 



This widely spread and variable insect is generally to be 

 recognised by the extremely sparse, obsolete punctuation, and the 

 variegated elytra. 



Chilomenes dorsalis. 



Coccinella dorsalis, Oliv. Ent. vi. 1020. 48, pi. v. 48 (1808) T. 



Caria dorsalis, Muls. Spec. p. 239. 7. 



Cydonia circiomclusa, Muls. Spec. p. 431. 1 (T). 



Guinea (Stockholm), Angola (Welwitsch), Benin (Chevrolat). 

 Punctuation extremely fine, hardly visible. C. circumclusa is, as 

 far as I can see, only a small specimen of C. dorsalis. 



Chilomenes vittata. 



Coccinella vittata, Fair. Ent. Syst. i. p. 269. 16 (1792). 



Cydonia vittata, Mids. Spec. p. 435. 3 (1850). 



Alesia circuniflua, Muls. Mon. p. 238. 13 (1866) T. 



Guinea (Copenhagen), Senegal (Chevi-olat). The variety circum- 

 Jlua seems to be only a darker form ; the punctuation is clearer, 

 the surface faintly alutaceous. 



Chilomenes quadrilineata. 



Cydonia i-lineata, Muls. Spec. p. 439. 6 (T). 

 Cape, Caffraria, Natal. The punctuation is more evident than 

 in the preceding. 



Chilomenes propinqua. 



Cydonia propinqua, Muls. Spec. p. 437. 4. 

 Cape of Good Hope (Higgins). 



