192 EXOCHOMUS. 



Pennsylvania, Georgia; the elytra are just visibly punctulate, 

 the margin is distinctly thickened. 



Cladis. 



Muls. Spec. p. 1033 (typ. uva). 



[ = Clanis\\, Muls. p. 479.] 



Differs from Exochomus by the unequal punctuation. 



Cladis nitidula. 



Coccinella nitidula, Fab. Ent. Syst. i. 286. 93 (T). 

 Exochomus uva, Muls. Spec. p. 479. 3. 



Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. Punctuation unequal, fine, 

 with a few scattered deep punctures. 



Cladis botrus. 



. Exochomus botrus, Muls. Spec. p. 480. 4 (T). 



Buenos Ayres. Near C. nitidula, but with the unequal 

 punctuation much less marked, the large punctures only visible 

 near the margin. 



Exochomus. 



Muls. Spec. p. 476 (typ. nigromaculatus). 

 Distinct by the abdominal plates being complete. 



A. Elytra black, or black and red. Old world species. 



Exochomus nigromaculatus. 



Coccinelle noire a points rouges au corselet. Geoffr. Hist. I. 

 p. 334. 



Coccinella nigromacidata, Goeze, Ent. Beyt. I. p. 248 (1778). 



Coccinella Jlavipes, Thunb. N. I. Sp. p. 21 (1781). 



Coccinella aurita, Scriba. Brit. II. 105. 26 (1791). 



Exochomus auritus, Muls. Secur. p. 176. 

 . Coccinella nigriceps, Wied. Germ. Mag. iv. 183. 99 (1824). 



Exochomus Troberti, Muls. Spec. p. 482. 6. 



(Chilocorus nigripennis, Er. Arch./. Nat. ix. 267. 123 (1843). 

 ■lExochomus russicolUs, Mute. Spec. p. 1033. 



[Exochomus xanthoderma, Fairm. Ann. Fr. in. p. 648 (1864). 



Europe generally, Siberia, Persia, Arabia ; Africa throughout 

 the country, Madagascar, C. Verd Islands ; Sumatra (Baly), Aus- 

 tralia (Fry). The variety nigripennis at first seems distinct b\it 

 will be found to shade off imperceptibly into the others; I have 

 seen one specimen of it from Greece. 



Exochomus quadri-pustulatus. 



Coccinella ±-pustulata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 367. 22 (1758). 

 Exochomus 4-pustulatus, Muls. Secur. p. 172. 

 Coccinella distincta, Brull. Exp. Moree, p. 273. 552. pi. 4. f. 11. 

 Exochomus distinctus, Muls. Spec. p. 485. 



