MIDUS. 2913 



Rhizobius litura. 



Xitidula litura, Fab. Ent. Syst. I. i. p. 260 (1792). 

 Rhizobius litura, JIuls. Secur. p. 262. 

 Rhizobius discimacula, JIuls. Secur. p. 266. 

 Europe. 



Rhizobius Burmeisteri. 



Rhizobius Burmeisteri, Muls. Spec. p. 1002. 1. 



Cape of Good Hope (Deyrolle). 



Mulsant has formed this into a subgenus Axius, characterized 

 by the posterior angles of the thorax being acute. The punctua- 

 tion is coarse and sparse. 



Rhizobius Javeti. 



Rhizobius Javeti, Muls. Spec. p. 1006. 10. 



Punctuation sparse, coarse. 



Cape of Good Hope (Chevrolat, Bewick). 



Rhizobius oculatissimus.* 



Rhizobius oculatissimus, Woll. Cat. Col. Mad. p. 139. 420 (T). 



Niger, antice et postice rufo-testaceus, pubescens et ubique 

 densissiuie punctulatus, oculis e lentibus plurimis multo niinuti- 

 oribus [quam in R. litura] cornpositis, scutello majore, elytris 

 punctis majoribus superadditis in seriebus obsoletissimis suturam 

 versus longitudinaliter dispositis, palpis antennis pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis. 



L. 1£. Madeira (Mus. Brit.). 



This evidently belongs to a distinct genus. 



Midus. 

 Muls. S]jec. p. 950 (tt/p. 4-stellatus). 

 Differs from Phanis (with which Mulsant unites it) by its 

 elongate subdepressed form, complete abdominal plates, coarsely 

 granulated eyes, and long antennse. 



Midus stragulatus. 



Scymnus stragulatus, Er. Arch. f. Nat. vnr. p. 240 198 (1842). 



Dilatato-ovalis, subdepressus, dense cinereo-pubescens, antennis 

 pedibus thorace lateribus, abdomine prater basin elytrisque rufis, 

 his plaga magna dorsali margineque laterali anterior e nigris. 



S. nigrino duplo prope major et magis dilatatns, supra dense 

 cinereo-pubescens. Ant. rufotestacere. Cap. subtilissime punc- 

 tatum, piceum, antice rufum. Th. elytris angustior, latitudine plus 

 duplo brevior, antrorsum parum angustatus, apice emarginatus 

 parce subtiliterque punctatus, disco nigro, lateribus rufis. Scut. 

 nigrum. El. statim pone basin amplissima, dein sensim angus- 

 tiora, dense punctata, rufa, plaga magna communi dorsali, poste- 



