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Ortalia. 



Muls. Spec. p. 893 (typ. variata). 

 Thorax margined at the base, punctuation uniform, claws 

 bifid, epipleurse not foveolatecl, acuminate, antenme very short, 

 eyes large, oval. 



Ortalia variata. 



Ortalia variata, Muls. Spec. p. 893. 1 (T). 



Madagascar (Reiche). 



<J Fifth ventral segment with a medial tubercle. 



Ortalia calliops. 



Coccinella calliops, Guer. Icon. R. A. p. 320 (T). 

 Ortalia calliops, Muls. Spec. p. 894. 2. 

 Madagascar. 



Ortalia flaveola. 



Coccinella flaveola, Klug, Abh. Berl. Akad. 1834, p. 214. 



Ortalia flaveola, Muls. Spec. p. 895. 



More oblong and smaller, with much finer punctuation. 



Madagascar. 



Ortalia pallens. 



Ortalia pattens, Muls. Spec. p. 895. 3 (T). 



Ortalia Guillebeaui, Muls. Spec. p. 896. 4. 



Ortalia argillacea, Muls. Spec, p, 89S. 5 (T). 



Rodolia vermiculata, Thorns. Arch. Ent. II. p. 238. 



This species is somewhat variable. The type sent me from 

 Stockholm does not agree with description, having the head 

 orange, but I have seen a specimen with a black head from 

 Natal, and am certainly unable to separate my specimens from 

 the W. Coast and from Natal. In M. Deyrolle's collection are 

 two specimens labelled (by inadvertence 1 ?) Brazil. 



Sixth ventral segment deeply emarginate and depressed in 

 the <?. 



Abyssinia, Senegal, Gaboon, Natal. 



Ortalia funesta.* 



Ortalia funesta, Muls. Spec. p. 896. 6 (T). 

 Madagascar (Dupont). 



Ortalia Duponti. 



Ortalia Duponti, Mxds. Spec. p. 897. 7. 

 Madagascar (Deyrollc). 



