182 TTTTHASPIS. 



Distinct by the very small scutelluin, short antennae, convex 

 compact fomi (recalling Hyperaspis), emarginate ligula, etc. 



Tytthaspis sedecim-punctata. 



Coccinella 16-punctata, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 156. 483 (1761). 



Coccinella \2-jmnctata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 581. 19 (1767). 



Micraspis 12-punctata, Muls. Secur. p. 163 (18-46). 



Europe, Tangiers. 



Punctuation very fine and sparse on the thorax, more evident 

 on the elytra. In an immense series taken in England by Dr 

 Power are some varieties with confluent spots, and three examples 

 entirely black, a variety hitherto unrecorded. 



Tytthaspis phalerata. 



Micraspis plialerata, Costa, Faun. Nap. fasc. 65, p. 57, pi. vn. 6 

 (1849). 



Micraspis plwlerata, Muls. Spec. p. 213. 1. 



Sicily and Algeria. This might almost be a meridional form 

 of M. 1 punctata, in which the two rows of dots are replaced by 

 lines. 



Tytthaspis lineola. 



Micraspis lineola, Gebler, Bull. Pet. i. p. 39 (1843). 

 Micraspis Gebler i, Muls. Spec. p. 1026. 



Deserts of the Kirghis (Deyrolle). More convex than the pre- 

 ceding species, alutaceous, very obsoletely punctate. 



Tytthaspis tetradyma. 



Micraspis tetradynia, Fairm. Ann. Fr. vn. p. 416 (1867). 



" Hemisphserica, subtus nigra, supra rubra, elytris, utrinque 

 nigro bisignatis, sutura et margine basali externoque anguste 

 nigris ; laevis, nitida, elytris amplis, hunieris prominentibus, rotun- 

 datis." Meroe (Fairmaire). 



Subfamily 3. Ciiilocorides. 



Hemisphserical, often compressed, clypeus produced, confused 

 with the geuse, margining the eyes ; thorax generally margined 

 behind. Epipleurse of the elytra inclined, more or less foveolate, 

 but not deeply so. Punctuation simple (except claclis and 

 anisorcus). Surface glabrous, (except JJrumus ttropygialis, Pla- 

 tynatpis, Aspidimerus etc.). Antennoe very short. 



I have enlarged this subfamily by taking in the early portion 

 of Mulsaut's Ilyperaspides, retaining that name exclusively to the 



