EXOPLECTRA. 285 



Exoplectra ssnea. 



Coccinella cenea, Fair. Syst. El. i. 376, 113 (1801). 

 Exoplectra cenea, Muls. Spec. p. 921. 11. 

 Exoplectra intestiualis, Muls. Spec. p. 917. 3. 

 The female has the legs black. 

 Cayenne, Ega, Santarein, S. Paulo (Bates). 



Exoplectra Stevensii.* 



Exoplectra Stevensi, Muls. Spec. p. 921. 12. 

 Mexico (Westwood). 



Exoplectra Fryii, sp. n. 



Size and form of E. cenea, differing principally by its coloration. 

 Head, body beneath, and legs red; thorax with the anterior 

 angles largely red, disc and elytra bronzed green. L. 2^ lin. 

 Punctuation rather sparsely and obsoletely impressed. 

 Cayenne (Fry, Deyrolle). 



Exoplectra consentanea. 



Exoplectra consentanea, Muls. Spec. p. 922. 13 (T). 

 Much smaller than E. Fryii and more deeply punctured. 

 Columbia (Dejean, Deyrolle). 



Exoplectra impotens. 



Exoplectra impotens, Muls. Spiec. p. 922. 4 (T). 



S. America (Copenhagen), Ega (Bates). Form markedly 

 hemispherical like A zya ; the brown colour is constant in four ex- 

 amples which I have seen. 



Exoplectra coccinea. 



Coccinella coccinea, Fair. Syst. El. i. 357. 9 (1801). 

 Exoplectra coccinea, Muls. Spec. p. 924. 16. 

 Cayenne, Brazil, Columbia, Para, Ega (Bates), Bahia, Santarem, 

 S. Paulo. 



Yar. Heydeni, Muls. n. 17. 



Larger, and with the femora and metasternum black. Bahia. 



Exoplectra rubicunda. 



Exoplectra rubicunda, Mxds. Spec. p. 925. 18 (T). 

 Punctuation rather coarse. Cayenne (Reiche). 



Exoplectra miniata. 



Coccinella miniata, Germ. Ins. Nov. Sp. p. 617. 882. 

 Exoplectra miniata, Mxds. Spec. p. 926. 19. 

 A common species. Brazil, Minas Geraes, Petropolis, Mexico 

 (Hope). 



