SCYMNUS. 487 



elytra with the red colour usually darker, broadly margined 

 with black throughout. Not uncommon. 



S. Mulsanti, Wat. 



b. Elytra black, with apex broadly red. 



Oval. Head and thorax red-yellow, latter with a black 

 spot behind ; under-side black, apex of abdomen red. 

 Male with fifth abdominal segment distinctly emarginate. 

 L. I 1. Common. S. haemorrhoidalis, Herbst. 



c. Elytra entirely black, or with only extreme apex 

 reddish. 



X. Head red-yellow. 



Short oval, strongly convex. Thorax of male reddish- 

 yellow, with a large black spot at base, of female black, 

 with sides yellow ; antennae and legs reddish-yellow, hinder 

 femora usually partly dark. L. | — f 1. Not uncommon. 



S. capitatus, Fab. 

 11, Head black. 



1, Body oblong oval, moderately convex ; length f 

 line. 



Black ; antennae, tarsi and often anterior tibiae reddish- 

 brown. Not uncommon, S. ater, Kug. 



2* Body short oval, strongly convex ; length | — | 

 line. 



Black ; mouth, antennae, and apex of femora, tibiae and 

 tarsi yellow. Moderately common. S. mi7iimus, Payk. 



HhizoMus, 



Keddish-yellow-brown, shiny ; elytra either unicolorous 

 or with one or more black markings, often united into a 

 common curved band. L. 1^ — 1| 1. Common. 



B. litura, Fab. 



Coccidula, 



A, Elytra unicolorous yellow-red. 



Head and thorax yellowish ; breast and often base of 

 abdomen black, apex of latter yellowish. L. fi 1. Common. 



C. rufa, Herbst. 



J5. Elytra yellow-red, with a common black spot at scu- 

 tellum and two others on each. 



