486 CLAVICORNIA — COCCINELLIDAE. 



h» Elytra black, with one or two spots on each. 



I. Eaised sides of intercoxal process curved toward 

 apical margin of the abdominal segment, but not 

 reaching it, then continued to near side margin. 



Oval. Black, hair gray ; each elytron with two orange- 

 yellow spots, one oblique near shoulder, the other trans- 

 verse behind middle ; antennae and legs red-yellow, 

 posterior femora often darker. L. f 1. Very rare. 



>S^. quadrilunulatus, 111. 



II, Eaised sides of intercoxal process reaching apical 

 margin of the abdominal segment and there ceasing. 



Long oval. Black, hair gray ; elytra with one or two 

 round red spots on each ; antennae and legs reddish- 

 yellow, femora often partly blackish. Male with head and 

 anterior angles of thorax red-yellow. L. 1^ 1. Common. 



S. frontalis, Fab. 



J5. Eaised sides of intercoxal process evenly curved in a 

 semicircle round coxae. 



a. Elytra entirely yellow or yellow-brown, or dark at 

 base and margins only. 



I, Legs pitch-black. 



Somewhat ovate. Black, slightly pubescent ; elytra 

 bright chestnut-red, suture and entire margin deep black. 

 L. I — 1 1. Not common. S. limhatus, Steph. 



II, Femora black, tibiae and tarsi reddish or brown. 



Oval. Head and thorax varying from blackish to red- 

 brown ; elytra reddish, with either all margins or only 

 suture and base blackish ; pubescence close, not very fine, 

 gray. Elytra strongly and unevenly punctured. L. § — f 1. 

 Common. S. discoideus, 111. 



III, Legs red-yellow, tarsal claws black. 



Eeddish-yellow ; head and tarsal claws black ; thorax and 

 suture of elytra brown. Smaller, more oval, much more 

 finely and evenly punctured than S. discoideus. Very rare. 



S. lividus, Bold. 



IV, Legs entirely red-yellow. 



Similar to S. discoideus but smaller, with pectoral groove 

 obsolete and under-side more thickly and finely punctured ; 



