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longitudinal! intra discum anticum posita, una subhumerali, et 

 sexta pone banc sublaterali) rufo-testaceis omatis ; pedibus piceo- 

 testaceis. 

 Variat elytrorum maculis plus minus confluentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 

 |-vix 1. 



Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa et Palma, 

 parum rarus. 



This beautiful little Scymnus, so well distinguished by its dark pi- 

 ceous-black hue, laterally-diluted prothorax, and macidated elytra, 

 each of which is ornamented with six more or less confluent testaceous 

 patches (the three postmedial ones being apparently always united, 

 so as to form a transverse zigzag fascia), is widely spread over the 

 archipelago, though nowhere common. I have taken it in Lanzarote 

 and Fuerteventura; at Maspalomas in Grand Canary ; at the Agua 

 Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and near Orotava in TenerifFe ; ahd likewise 

 in Palma. In Lanzarote it was foimd also by Mr. Gray, and in Tene- 

 riife by Dr. Crotch. It is closely allied to the Madeiran S.jlavopictus, 

 but is a trifle larger, and more obtuse anteriorly (its head and pro- 

 thorax being perceptibly wider), and the colour both of its pale and 

 dark portions is, in both instances, conspicuously darker. 



658. Scymnus arcuatus. 



Coccinella arcuata, Rossi, Mant. Ins. ii. 88 (1794). 

 Scymuus arcuatus, Mills., Securii). de France, 245 (1846). 



, Woll., Ins. Mad. 468 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 138 (1857). 



Habitat in Teneriffa et Palma, rarissimus. 



The S. arcuatus of Mediterranean latitudes, which is so excessively 

 abundant around Fmichal in Madeira, would appear to be extremely 

 rare at the Canaries. Indeed the only three specimens which I have 

 seen of it hitherto were taken by myself — one between the Puerto 

 Orotava and Realejo in Teneriffa, and the other two in the Barranco 

 da Agua of Palma. It may, however, be expected to occur (as in 

 Madeira) about gardens and cultivated grounds. 



659. Scymnus minimus. 



Coccinella minima, Rossi, Mant. Ins. ii. 89 (1794). 

 Scynuius minimus, Mtds., Securi]}. de France, 260 (1846). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 470 (1854). 



-^, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). 



Habitat insulas Canarienses. in Palma sola hactenus hand obser- 



vatus. 



The minute size, rounded outline, and uniformly black, distinctly 



