Central China and the Korea. 83 



by Messrs. Leech and Pratt, among which the following varieties 

 occur : — 



a. Elj'tra hiteous, spotless ; thorax with four or five dots forming a 

 sort of M. This variety is very abundant at Iviu-kiang, and occurred also at 

 Gensan. 



f3. Like a, but elytra with one dot near the margin. Gensan. 



y. Like a and /3, but the elytra with from three to ten dots ; the thoracic 

 spots olten united to form a broad M. China, Kiu-kiang ; Korea, Gensan. 



5. Elytra distinctly maculate, with nine spots placed 2, 3, 3, 1, or ten, the 

 apical one being double ; in this form the disk of the thorax is often black. 

 China, Kiu-kiang; Korea, Gensan. 



e. Elytra black, with one red blotch ; thorax black, with broadly white 

 sides. China, Kiu-kiang, Fuchau ; Korea, Gensan. This variety is often 

 very difdcult to separate from CoelopJi07-a saucia, which occurs with it, 

 especially if the specimen has not the elytra with the subapical fold, which, 

 when present, will always serve to distinguish this insect from, its near super- 

 ficial allies. 



^. Like S, but the red blotch encloses a black dot. Less common, but 

 specimens occur at Fuchau, Kiu-kiang. 



T}. Like ^ and ^, but with a second red blotch near the apex. Common 

 at Kiu-kiang, and also occurred at Nagasaki and at Fuchau with Chilomenes 

 '^-plagiata, to which it, perhaps, affords "protective resemblance." 



Accidental rare varieties occur ; one very beautiful one from 

 Kiu-kiang seems to be formed from the var. w by the union of 

 the two red blotches, the elytra being black, with one large 

 discoidal red patch occupying the whole disk, but leaving the 

 base and the scutellar region broadly, and the suture and margin 

 narrowly, black. 



16. Thea cincta. 



Coccinella cincta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 77. 



Psyllohora cincta, Muls. Spec. (Jol. Trim, secur. p. 167. 



Thea cincta. Crotch, Eev. Cocc. p. 135. 



Fuchau {Leech). One specimen. 



17. CCELOPHORA SAUCIA. 



Leis calypso, Muls. Mon. Cocc. p. 186. 



Lemnia saucia, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 380. 



L. oculata, Muls. lac. cit. p. 385 (nee Fab.). 



Fuchau {Leech) ; Kiu-kiang {Pratt); Satsuma {Leech). 



This insect is very difficult to distinguish from some varieties 

 of P. axyridis. The following points will often, however, assist 

 in the identification : It is a more orbicular form, and has the 

 sides of the elytra more expanded ; the round red spot is placed 

 further back. There is never a subapical fold. 



18. Cgelophora bisellata, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 400. 

 Fuchau {Leech). 



