264 SCYMNUS. 



Scymnus Lecontii. 



Scymnus suturalis\\, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 138. 13 (1852). 



Rotundato-ovalis, modice convexus, subtilius punctatus, pu- 

 bescens, niger, capite thorace elytrisque obscure testaceis, illo 

 macula maxima basali, his vitta suturali latcribusque infuscatis, 

 tibiis tarsisque testaceis. L. *08. 



Closely allied to 8. ductus, but is less coarsely punctured. 

 Head testaceous, very finely punctured. Thorax narrowed in 

 front, but little rounded on the sides, margined at the base, 

 which is truncate at the scutellum, and very slightly sinuate each 

 side; finely not densely punctured, testaceous, with a very large 

 black spot occupying nearly all the base and extending almost 

 to the apex. Elytra a little more coarsely punctured than the 

 thorax, testaceous, with a common black sutural vitta broad at 

 the base and gradually narrowed behind, reaching nearly to the 

 apex, sides from the middle to near the apex blackish; epipleurse 

 testaceous. Body beneath black, densely punctured; abdominal 

 plates shorter than the first segment, hardly extending as far 

 as the parapleural Feet piceous, tibiae and tarsi testaceous. 



Colorado river, California. 



Scymnus Brullaei. 



Scymnus Brullaei, Muls. Spec. p. 984. 63. 

 Florida (Westwood). 



Scymnus fraternus.* 



Scymnus fraternus, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 138. 14 (1852). 



Rotundato-ovalis, convexus, niger, pubescens, capite, thoracis 

 lateribus, pedibusque testaceis, elytris valde punctatis, apice late 

 rufis. L. -09. 



Rounded, a little oval, convex, black, shining, covered with 

 fine grey hair. Head and thorax finely punctulate, yellow, the 

 latter with a large basal black spot; sides rounded, base margined, 

 truncate at the scutellum, and oblique each side. Elytra densely 

 punctured with a transverse testaceous margin at the apex, which 

 covers about one-fifth of the surface. Body beneath black, densely 

 punctured, abdominal plates shorter than the segment, smooth 

 at the margin, extending as far as the parapleural. Feet testa- 

 ceous, margin of the abdomen rufous. 



Middle States. 



Scymnus hsemorrhous.* 



Scymnus hctmorrhous, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 138. 15 (1852). 

 Rotundato-ovalis, convexus, niger, pubescens, capite thoracis 



