280 RODOLIA. 



Ladoria. 



Muls. Spec. p. 928. 

 Tibia? unarmed, thoracic epipleurse without fovea 1 , abdominal 

 plates terminal, punctuation unequal. Antennae with the first 

 joint large. 



Ladoria desarmata. 



Ladoria desarmata, Muls. Spec. p. 928 (T). 

 Brazil (Chevrolat, Deyrolle), S. Paulo (Bates), Bogota, Espiritu 

 Santo (Fry), Rio Janeiro (Fry). 



Ladoria rudepunctata, sp. n. 



Resembles Azya scutata but is much smaller, the common 

 spot is more discoidal, and much smaller, the punctuation is very 

 coarse and deep, unlike any other species. L. \\ lin. 



Tibiae, tarsi, and ventral segments of the abdomen, orange. 



Rio Janeiro (Fry, Clark). 



Ladoria discomaculata, sp. n. 



Closely resembling the last species, but uniformly metallic 

 black above and below, the punctuation simple, close and almost 

 uniform ; the discoidal spot is very exactly circumscribed, but 

 quite devoid of pubescence. L. 1£ lin. 



<J . Last three ventral segments orange. 



Rio Janeiro (Clark). 



GROUP III. EXCPLECTR^. 



Thorax not margined, punctuation equal, tibiae grooved for the 

 tarsi, or armed with a spine, epipleui'ae not, or hardly, foveolated, 

 antennae extremely short, first joint broadly dilated, clypeus 

 emarginate (except in Rodolia, Vedalia, Ifovius). 



Rodolia. 



Muls. Spec. p. 902 (typ. ruficollis). 

 Thorax not margined, punctuation variable, epipleurse broad, 

 dilated, concave. Antennae extremely short, hardly longer than 

 the width of the front ; form orbicular. 



Rodolia rubea. 



Rodolia rubea, Muls. Spec. p. 903. 1 (T). 



Rodolia carneipellix, Muls. Op. m. p. 131. 



Tliis species differs a little from the Chinese and Indian species 

 by its less convex form and unicolorous red colour, but is very 

 close to it. 



Jav i, Sinpipore, Borneo, Sarawak, Celebes, Tonda (Wallace). 



