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Brachyacantha Westwoodii.* 



Brachyacantha Westwoodii, Muls. Spec. p. 521, 1 (T). 

 Mexico (Westwood). Elytra entirely rufous. 



Brachyacantha bipartita. 



Brachyacantha bipartita, Muls. Spec. p. 521. 2 (T). 

 Mexico (Chevrolat). 



Brachyacantha dentipes. 



Coccinella dentipes, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 381. 134 (1801). 

 Brachyacantha dentipes, Muls. Spec. p. 325. 5. 

 United States, Mexico. 



Brachyacantha quadrillion.* 



Brachyacantha quadrillum, Lee. Proe. Phil. p. 89 (1858). 



" Ovalis, valde convexa, nigra, nitida, dense punctulata, thorace 

 macula magna laterali rotundata, elytris altera subreniformi sub- 

 apicali flavo-rufis ornatis; antennis palpis pedibusque flavo-rufis, 

 feuaoribus infuscatis." L. 2. Texas. Differs from B. dentipes by 

 the black bead and the absence of the anterior spot of the elytra. 



Brachyacantha subfasciata.* 



Brachyacantha subfasciata, Muls. Spec. p. 527. 6 (T). 



Mexico (Dupont, Paris). Very like B. dentipes without the 

 posterior fascia, but much smaller and the fascia of a slightly 

 different shape. 



Brachyacantha erythrura. 



Brachyacantha eryfJirura, Muls. Spec. p. 530. 8 (T). 



Mexico (Chevrolat, Deyrolle). Elytra black with the apex red. 



Brachyacantha erythrocephala. 



Coccinella erythrocephala, Fabr. Mant p. 61. 88 (1787). 

 Coccinella bis-Z-pustidata, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 383. 143. (1801). 

 Brachyacantha bis-Z-pustulata, Muls. Spec. p. 528. 7. 

 United States, Mexico, Columbia. 



Brachyacantha ursina. 



Coccinella ursina, Fabr. Mant. i. 61. 98 (1787). 

 Brachyacantha ursina, Muls. Spec. p. 532. 10. 

 United States. 



Brachyacantha decempustulata. 



Hyperaspis lO-pustulata, Mels. Proc. Phil. in. 179. 

 United States. Leconte states that this differs from B. 

 ursina in having the elytra much more strongly punctured. 



