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Oblong. Upper-side yellowish ; tliorax with six black 

 spots ; elytra with a common spot at scutelhim and nine 

 other spots on each black ; legs yellow. L. 1| — l-^- 1.' 

 Common. C. I'^-jjunctata, Lin. 



h. Tarsal claws s])Iit or with a tootli at base; scutellum 

 not very small. 



I, Eaised sides of process of first abdominal segment 

 equally strong throughout and regularly curved in 

 the segment of a circle round coxae. 



1. Claws split tooth-like in middle. 



Oblong oval. Black; thorax with anterior and side 

 margins and three spots (attached to them) on disc yellow ; 

 elytra yellowish-red, a triangular common spot at scutellum 

 and several somewhat variable spots on each black ; ante- 

 rior tibiae, part of intermediate tibiae and the tarsi yellow. 

 L. Ih — 2| 1. Common. G. mutahilis, Scrib. 



2, Claws dilated into a triangular tooth at base. 

 A A, Legs yellow. 



Oblong oval. Upper-side yellowish ; thorax with a 

 black M-like marking before scutellum ; elytra either en- 

 tirely yellow or with an oblong spot on each; breast chiefly 

 black. L. 1| — 2 1. Common. C. ohliterata, Lin, 



jB H, Legs chiefly black. 

 Oval. Colour variable ; forehead with two light spots, 

 thorax black, always light at sides and usually with two 

 light spots before scutellum ; elytra red, with a black sj^ot 

 on each, or black, with a large spot at shoulder, a smaller 

 one behind middle and often a third before apex red. 

 L. 2 — 2| 1. Common. G. hipunctata, Lin. 



II, Eaised sides of process of first abdominal seg- 

 ment irregularly curved and either disappearing 

 before apical margin of the segment or divided into 

 two branches. 



1, Mesosternum not emarginate in front. 

 A A, Legs black. 



a a. Thorax with a more or less quadrangular 

 whitish spot in anterior angles. 



A a. Elytra red, with a common spot at 

 scutellum and five other spots on each 

 black. 



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