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side, obtuse in middle. Elytra shining, black, tolerably densely 

 punctured, extreme apical margin testaceous. Beneath black, 

 coarsely punctured, last joint of the abdomen rufo-piceous : abdo- 

 minal plates a little shorter than the segment, smooth, punctured 

 at base. Feet rufous. 

 Southern States. 



Scymims socer.* 



Scymnus socer, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. 1852, p. 139. 21. 



Botundato-ovalis, convexus, breviter pubescens, niger, capite 

 thoraceque parce punctulatis, rufis, hoc macula basali nigra, 

 elytris minus dense punctatis, apice angustissime, abdominis 

 apice, pedibusque flavis. L. "07. 



Very similar to S. cervicalis, but smaller, and less densely 

 punctured on the elytra. Rounded, oval, convex, covered with 

 short gray hair. Head and thorax very sparsely and finely 

 punctured, rufous, the latter with a large black spot occupying 

 more than half the base, and reaching nearly to the apex; base 

 margined, obtuse in the middle, obliquely and scarcely sinuated 

 each side. Elytra distinctly punctured, black, shining, with the 

 extreme apical margin testaceous. Beneath black, coarsely punc- 

 tured, last three joints of the abdomen yellow ; abdominal plates 

 shorter than the segment, smooth, punctured only at their base. 

 Feet yellow. 



Georgia. 



Scymnus fastigiatus. 



Scymnus fastigiatus, Muls. Spec. p. 986. 70. 

 N. America (Dejean). 



Scymnus marginicollis.* 



Scymnus mar ginicoUis, Mannh. Bull. Mosc. 1843, p. 313, Lee. 

 I.e. p. HO. 22. 



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

 thoraceqne subtilius punctulatis rufis, hoc macula basali nigra, 

 elytris sat dense punctatis, femoribus anticis rufis. L. -095. 



Bounded, oval, convex, covered with longer gray hair than 

 usual. Head and thorax finely and sparsely punctulate, rufous; 

 the latter with a basal black spot small in the male, large in 

 the female, base very finely margined, scarcely sinuate. Elytra 

 not deeply but tolerably densely punctured, entirely black. Body 

 beneath black, densely punctured, abdominal plates a little shorter 

 than the segment, smooth at their margin. Feet black, anterior 

 thighs rufous. 



San Francisco and San Diego, California. 



