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schwarzlich ; eiuer am Grande in der Mitte, ein Paar vor, ein Paar 

 hinter der Mitte, die iiussern etwas tiefer als die innren gestellt, 

 ungefahr ebensoweit voni Aussenran.de, wie diese von der Nath. 

 Der Scheitel ist am Grande, die Mittelbrust nach hinten leiclit 

 schwarzlich angeflogen. 



[Possibly a variety of iV". cruentatus, as he suggests himself.] 



L. 1| lin. Andalusia. 



Novius algiricus, sp. n. 



Resembles N~. cruentatus, but much shorter, and more shining; 

 entirely of a clear carmine-red, as in N~. cardinalis ; thorax with a 

 spot on each side of the base, and a small dot before the scutellum, 

 black ; elytra finely and not closely punctulate, each with a dot on 

 the callus, 2 near the suture (1 at \, 1 beyond the middle), a 

 V-shaped mark near the margin about the middle, and a transverse 

 spot at f, black. L. 11 lin. Blidah (Puppon). 



Novius cardinalis. 



Vedalia cardinalis, Muls. Spec, p. 906. 2. 

 Victoria (Tasmania). 



Novius sanguinolentus.* 



Novius sanguinolentus, Muls. Spec. p. 943. 2. 

 Australia (Westwood). 



Novius limbatus. 



Novius limbatus, Mots. Bull. Mosc. xxxix. p. 178 (I860). 



Statura N. cruentati sed rotundior; subrotundatus convexus 

 nitidus, brevissime cinereo puberulus, niger, thoracis margine, 

 elytrorum limbo, basi suturaque rubris ; thorace valde transverso; 

 elytris thorace latioribus, subrotundatis. L. 1| lin. 



Japan (Lewis). 



Cceliaria. 



Mids. Spec. App. p. 1042. 



Differs from ' Exoplectra by the presence of a thoracic fovea. 

 The epipleuraB of the elytra are subfoveolate in my specimen, 

 though Mulsant says they are not. 



Cceliaria erythrogaster. 



Exoplectra erythrogaster, Muls. Spec. p. 916. 1. 



Brazil. This species when fresh is clothed with a well- 

 marked grey pubescence, leaving about 16 small bare patches, 

 giving it a very peculiar appearance. 



