June 1899.] Casey: On American Ccocinellid^e. 145 



30 — Pronotum black or blackish, broadly but gradually and indefinitely paler toward 

 the sides ; head and legs uniform in color throughout but testaceous to blackish ; 

 tip of abdomen narrowly red ; prothorax moderately transverse, the sides strongly 

 convergent, almost evenly and moderately arcuate throughout and almost per- 

 fectly continuous with those of the elytra, the punctures fine and rather sparse, 

 closer and quite conspicuous toward the sides ; elytra quite coarsely but evenly 

 and rather sparsely punctured, the pubescence moderately coarse and conspicuous. 

 Length 2.2-2.4 mm.; width 1.6-T.8 mm. Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia); 



[fiuucticollis Horn nee Lee] indutus, sp. nov. 



Pronotum black, with the apical angles alone pale, the pale color but very seldom ex- 

 tending to the basal angles ; head red ; sides of the prothorax distinctly discon- 

 tinuous, more or less feebly convergent and evenly and moderately arcuate 



thoughout ; body broadly oval „ 31 



31 — Larger species ; legs red, the femora all more or less blackish toward base ; pro- 

 notal punctures very fine, close toward the sides but not conspicuous ; elytral 

 punctures not coarse but strong and quite sparse, the pubescence rather fine. 

 Length 2.0 mm.; width 1. 55 mm. Rhode Island (Boston Neck). 



agricola, sp. nov. 

 Small species ; legs red throughout ; pronotum shorter and more transverse, very 

 minutely, sparsely and scarcely visibly punctate, the punctures still sparse and 

 scarcely larger toward the sides ; elytra barely as long as wide, polished, rathe r 

 finely but strongly and still more sparsely punctate, the pubescence sparser and 

 coarser. Length 1. 5 mm.; width 1.1 mm. North Carolina (Asheville). 



innocens, sp. nov. 



32 — Legs black throughout, the tarsi alone sometimes pale t,t, 



Legs red, the hind femora black throughout or with the tip alone paler 34 



Legs red, the hind femora slightly blackish at the base ; body broadly oval 35 



Legs uniform and clear red throughout 36 



33 — Sides of the pronotum obliquely and abruptly pale, the pale area scarcely extend- 

 ing to the basal angles ; body large, convex and very broadly oval, shining, 

 black ; head pale in the male, black in the female ; tarsi not evidently paler ; 

 prothorax relatively small, two and three-fifths times as wide as long, the 

 sides strongly discontinuous, very moderately convergent, evenly and rather 

 strongly arcuate ; punctures fine, sparse in the middle, broadly close-set toward 

 the sides ; elytra not quite as long as wide, not very coarsely but strongly, evenly 

 and not very closely punctured, the apical reflexed edge alone pale ; male with 

 the first ventral obliquely bituberose at the middle near the apex, the fifth very 

 broadly and feebly sinuate. Length 2.4 mm.; width 1. 7 mm. California 



(Truckee) solid US, sp. nov. 



Pronotum almost black throughout, the apical angles alone feebly and gradually pices- 

 cent ; body smaller and much more narrowly oval ; legs black, the tarsi red ; 

 sides of the prothorax evidently discontinuous, rather strongly convergent, evenly 

 and somewhat feebly arcuate, the punctures very minute, sparse, becoming very 

 close toward the sides ; elytra distinctly longer than wide, the apical edge 

 scarcely at all paler, the punctures not very coarse but strong and unusually 

 dense. Length 1. 9 mm.; width 1. 3 mm. Nevada (Reno). 



desertorum, sp. nov. 



