. AXION. 191 



Anisorcus Fryi, sp. nov. 



Hemispherical, reddish yellow, elytra black ; the head is 

 thickly clothed with yellow pubescence, the epipleurse are yellow 

 within and foveolate. L. 1^ lin. Fiji Isl. (Fry). 



Anisorcus affinis, sp. nov. 



Smaller than the preceding, which it gi'eatly resembles ; punc- 

 tuation less obviously unequal; elytra pitchy brown, margins more 

 or less broadly reddish-orange. L. 1 lin. Fiji Isl. (Fry). 



Anisorcus malayanus, sp. n. 



Hemispherical, yellowish red, punctuation sparse, rather 

 unequal ; thorax with the sides rounded, base ogival, finely 

 margined ; elytra dark purplish-black, with a narrow orange 

 external margin ; legs and underside yellowish-red. L. li lin. 

 Mindanao? Ternate, Mysol (Wallace). 



Axion. 



Muls. Spec. p. 477 {typ. tripustulatus). 



Differs from Exochomus by the thoracic fovea, and the obsolete 

 punctuation. 



Axion plagiatus. 



Coccinella plagiata, Oliv. Ent. VI. p. 1044. pi. 7. 102 (1808). 

 Exochomus plagiatus, Muls. Spec. p. 477. 1. 

 Mexico (Reiche, Fry). The elytra are not thickened at the 

 margin, their surface is opaque and almost impunctate. 



Axion Pilatii. 



Exochomus Pilatii, Muls. Spec. p. 478. 



Differs from A. plagiatus by the much smaller spot, and by 

 the ventral segments being black in the middle. Texas (Pilate). 



Axion texanus.* 



Exochomus texanus, Lee. Proc. Phil. p. 88 (1858). 



Rotundatus valde convexus fere compressus, niger nitidus, 

 capite obscure rufo, thorace prope angulos anticos ad marginem 

 rufescente, elytris subtiliter punctulatis, macula rotundata ante 

 medium utrinque ornatis, pectoris segmentique abdominis primi 

 lateralibus rufis ; pedibus rufis. tarsi, tibiis posterioribus, femo- 

 rumque posticorum margine nigris. L. 23. Texas. Size and form j 

 of A. trijncstulatus. 



Axion tripustulatus. 



Coccinella tripustulata, Be G. Mem. v. 395. pi. 16. 23 (1775). 

 Exochomus tripustulatus, Muls. Spec. p. 478. 2. 

 Chilocorus verrucatus, Melsh. Proc. Phil. p. 180 (1847). 



