26G SCYMNUS. 



Scymnus consobrinus.* 



Scymnus consobrimis, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. VI. 1852, p. 139. 18. 



Scymnus cauclalis, $ Lee. dim. 



Breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, densius pubescens, capite 

 thoraceque subtiliua parce punctulatis flavis, hoc medio nigro, 

 elytris sat dense punctatis, ruargine apicali, ano, pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis. L. -08. 



Broadly oval, convex, black, covered with dense gray hair, 

 head and thorax finely and sparsely punctulate, yellow ; the latter 

 with a large ill-defined black spot, occupying half the base, and 

 extending nearly to the apex, sides rounded, base margined, 

 obtuse in the middle, oblique each side. Elytra tolerably densely, 

 not deeply punctured, apical mai'gin testaceous. Beneath black, 

 densely punctured; abdominal plates almost reaching to the 

 posterior margin of the segment, densely punctured, smooth only 

 at the inner margin, tip of the abdomen testaceous. Feet yellow. 



Lake Superior. 



Scymnus puncticollis.* 



Scymnus puncticollis, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. 1852, p. 139. 19. 



Breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, pubescens, capite thoraceque 

 dense subtiliter punctatis, hoc macula laterali testacea, elytris 

 dense punctatis, margine apicali, ano tibiis tarsisque testaceis. 

 L. -09. 



Broadly oval, convex, black, covered with gray hair. Head 

 finely punctured, mouth testaceous. Thorax black, with a small 

 yellow spot at the anterior angles, finely and densely punctured, 

 margined at the base, which is obtuse in the middle and obliquely 

 sinuate each side. Elytra densely punctured, with a narrow 

 testaceous apical margin. Beneath black, densely punctured, 

 abdominal plates, extending almost to the posterior margin of 

 the segment, punctured, smooth towards the inner margin. Sides 

 and tip of the abdomen, tibise and tarsi ferruginous, feniora 

 piceous. 



Upper Mississippi. 



Scymnus cervicalis. 



Scymnus cervicalis, Muls. Spec. p. 984. 64. 



Sri/mniis cervicalis, Lee. Proc. Phil. VI. p. 139. 20 (1852). 



Rotundato-ovalis, convexus, breviter dense pubescens, niger, 

 capite thoraceque rufis, vix subtiliter punctulatis, elytris confertim 

 punctatis, apice angustissime, ano, pedibusque rufis. L. '085. 



Bounded, oval, convex, covered with short gray hair. Head 

 very finely and sparsely punctulate, rufous. Thorax rufous, 

 scarcely punctulate, base margined, obliquely subsinuate on each 



