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Lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Y, 19. 



Prairie Paso, Dr. Cooper. The ungues are acutely toothed, as in most species of the genus ; 

 the white lateral spot of the elytra is hetween one-fourth and one-fifth from the apex, and in 

 one specimen is slightly dilated along the margin. 



CocciNELLA Linn. 



C, suhversa, hemispherica, nigra, capite ante oculos albo (ore clypeoque feminae nigris,) thorace 

 subtiliter punctulato, lateribus rotundatis, macula quadratautrinque ad angulosanticosapiceque 

 albis ; elytris distincte et subtiliter punctulatis, praecipue macula nigra obliqua utrinque ad 

 medium notatis, scutello nigro. Long. "2. 



Lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 7, 19. 



Fort Vancouver. This species closely resembles C. cali/ornica, but is smaller, and much more 

 distinctly punctulate on the elytra. 



