422 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



647. Coccinella 7-punctata. 



Coccinella 7-punctata, Linn., Fna Suec. 477 (1761). 



, Brum, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 74 (1838). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 462 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 1.36 (1857). 



, Hartumi, Geoloy. Verhciltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141, 142. 



Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris. 



This common and widely spread insect, which is universal in the 

 Madeiran Group, is universal also at the Canaries — in the whole 

 seven islands of which I have myself captured it. In Lanzarote and 

 Fuerte Ventura it was taken likewise by M. Hartung ; in TenerifFe 

 by the late Eev. W. J. Armitage, the Barao do Castello de Paiva, and 

 Dr. Crotch ; in Gomera by Dr. Crotch ; and in Palma by Mr. Gray. 

 It is called by the inhabitants " San Antonio." 



648. Coccinella Miranda, n. sp. 



C. rotundato-ovalis ; capite prothoraccque nigris, illo maculis duabus 

 frontalibus pallido-flavis ornato, hoe brevi lato transverse, antice 

 et ad latera (grosse marginata) anguste sed ad angulos anticos pro- 

 funde et quadrate pallido-flavo ; elytris vel flavis, vel pallido-flavis, 

 grosse marginatis, ad humeros obtuse rotundatis, linca suturali 

 hastiformi (a scutello nigro fere ad apicem ducta, sed gradatim 

 angustiore) et singulis plagis duabus elongatis arcuatis [una sc. in 

 disco antico, longitudinali, et altera bre"vaore subtransversa pone 

 discum posticum] nigris ; antennis pallido-testaceis ; pedibus ni- 

 gris, tarsis dilutioribus. 



Variat elytrorum plagis plus minus latioribus, plaga antica elongata 

 vel antice vel postice in lineam suturalem continuata necnon in- 

 terdum macula parva media sublaterali aucta, 



Var. ft [an species distincta ?]. Elytra magis rufescentia, linea su- 

 turali ad scutellum vix sed in medio sensim latiore necnon usque 

 ad apicem ipsissimum ducta, plaga longitudinali antica in maculas 

 parvas late fi'acta et altera laterali subrotundata (nee sublaterali 

 elongata) aucta, plaga transversa postica fere evanescente, i. e. in 

 maculas minutas 3 vel 4 fracta. — Long. corp. lin. lf-2^. 



Coccinella hieroglyphica, Brullc [uec Oliv.~\, in Webb et Berth, (Cul.) 74 

 (1838). 



Habitat Canariam, TenerifFam, Gomeram et Palmam, in intermediis 

 et elevatis degens, usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens. 



The present Coccinella has much the j^'imd facie appearance of the 

 European C. Iiieroglyphica ; nevertheless, when closely inspected, it 

 will be found to be abundantly distinct. Thus, in addition to its 

 markings (both dark and light ones), which are differently shaped, 

 it is rounder and broader in outline and its edges are more coarsely 

 margined ; its prothorax particularly is wider and more transverse ; 

 its humeral angles arc rounder, or more obtuse ; and its legs are 



