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tached from the subhumeral spots, which are well developed, and each also 

 with the two oblique bands of the preceding species, which are here rather nar- 

 row ; body [more narrowly oval, the elytra sparsely but more strongly punc- 

 tured. Length 4.5 mm.; width 3.2 mm. California (Siskiyou Co). 



eugenii Muls. 



13 — Body strongly convex, the pronotum with a transverse pale spot at each anterior 



angle extending narrowly across the median parts of the apical margin ; elytra 



rather strongly punctured, each with a large irregular transverse discal spot at 



apical third in addition to the broad basal fascia. Length 4.1 mm.; width 2.9 



mm. Lake Superior \_kirbyi Cr.] tricuspis Kirbv 



Perplexa, Juliana and eugenii are related to trifasciata, but are all 

 distinguishable at once by the form of the white apical area of the pro- 

 notum, which is expanded into a larger transverse spot in the Ameri- 

 can forms, but only narrowly and nearer the edge in the European. 

 Californica is in no wise related to 5-notata or transversoguttata as 

 stated by Crotch and others, the occurrence of the very rare spotted 

 examples showing that it is more closely allied to g-notata. Quinque- 

 notata is certainly distinct enough from transversoguttata to be entitled 

 to specific rank, and the variety transversalis seems to be identical 

 with nugatoria ; at any rate the name must disappear as it is preoccu- 

 pied by Fabricius. Difficilis Crotch, I have failed to identify; it ap- 

 pears to resemble prolongata completely and may be synonymous. 

 Subversa Lee, is probably allied closely to degener, but the author 

 states " elytris distincte et subtiliter punctulatis, scutello nigro, et 

 praecipue macula obliqua ad medium nigra notatis," which will not 

 agree, as the most conspicuous spot in degener is the subapical ; Crotch 

 states that it is a variety of trifasciata, and that the elytra are spotless. 

 Mulsant describes eugenii as being subhemispherical ; this would be 

 very inexact for the example before me, which seems to be typical in 

 every other way ; the appearance of the spots indicates that they never 

 coalesce to form the subbasal fascia of perplexa and Juliana. 



Neoharmonia, gen. nov. 

 The genus Harmonia is hot considered sufficiently distinct by Eu- 

 ropean authors, and Crotch, while admitting the name to the Ameri- 

 can lists, assigned to it a number of species belonging to several differ- 

 ent genera, no one of which appears to be a true Harmonia. The 

 Harmonia of Mulsant is also composed of numerous dissimilar ele- 

 ments. In view of this confusion of judgment, it seems best to sep- 

 arate our two species as a distinct genus, allied to Harmonia, but dif- 

 fering apparently in the more widely reflexed side margins. The 



