SCYMNUS. 2G3 



Scymims pallens.* 



Scymnus pollens, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 137. 10 (1852). 



Rotundato-ovalis convexus, subtus niger supra testaceus, 

 pubescens, elytris subtilissime punctulatis, pedibus flavo-testaceis. 

 L. -OS. 



Rounded, slightly oval, convex, above yellow testaceous, finely 

 densely pubescent, thorax not visibly punctured, rounded on the 

 sides, base very finely margined, slightly rounded. Elytra very 

 finely punctulate, and very slightly rugous. Body beneath black, 

 finely densely punctulate, abdomen posteriorly margined with 

 testaceous; abdominal plates entire, shorter than the first segment, 

 laterally not extending to the parapleural : their margin smooth 

 and shining. Feet yellow. 



San Francisco, on Spirsea. 



Scymnus debilis.* 



Scymnus debilis, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1852, p. 137. 11. 



Rotundato-ovalis, testaceus, pubescens, elytris minus dense 

 punctulatis, pedibus flavo-testaceis. L. "05. 



Rounded, slightly oval, convex, above yellow testaceous, finely 

 densely pubescent. Thorax very finely punctulate, rounded on 

 the sides, margined at the base, which is slightly rounded. Elytra 

 finely and distinctly punctured. Body beneath darker, finely 

 punctulate, tip of the abdomen and feet pale yellow testaceous. 

 (Abdominal plates not examined). 



San Jose. California. 



Scymnus ductus.* 



Scymnus cinctus, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 137. 12 (1852). 



Rotundato-ovalis modice convexus, punctatus, longius pubes- 

 cens, niger, capite, pedibus, thorace elytrisque testaceis, ilia 

 macula basali, his vitta suturali postice angustata nigra. L. "09. 



Seems to resemble S. Lcewii, and floral Is, JIuls., but differs 

 from the first by its entirely yellow feet, and from the second 

 by its black abdomen. Rounded, slightly oval, moderately 

 convex, finely pubescent. Head yellow, densely punctured. 

 Thorax narrowed in front, rounded on the sides, base margined, 

 truncate at the scutellum, obliquely sinuous each side, punctured 

 more densely at the sides, yellow, with a large black spot, occupy- 

 ing two-thirds of the base and extending nearly to the anterior 

 margin. Elytra tolerably densely, and more coarsely punctured 

 than the thorax, yellow, with a large common sutural black vitta, 

 which fits to the spot on the thorax and is gradually narrowed 

 behind, reaching nearly to the tip. Body beneath black, densely 

 not finely punctured ; abdominal plates scarcely shorter than the 

 first segment, reaching laterally to the parapleurse. Feet yellow, 

 thighs a little obscure. 



New Orleans. 



