IGO CLAVICORNIA. \_Hippodanna. 



sant). Oval-oblong ; head black, with front broadly white, usoally with 

 two small black spots ; thorax very transverse, with sides strongly 

 rounded, broadest about middle, black, with the anterior and side margins 

 white, and also with a longitudinal white line extending from the front 

 margin to about middle, with a white round spot on each side, posterior 

 margin plainly bordered ; elytra reddish, with a common spot at base of 

 suture, and several variable black spots on each black, finely punctured ; 

 legs black. L. 3-5| mm. 



Male with the first joint of the anterior tarsi oval and dilated. 



By sweeping herbage, &c. ; rather local ; London district, not uncommon, St. Mary 

 Cray, Highgate, Weybridge, Mickleham, Esher, Woking, &c. ; Kingsgate ; Margate; 

 Deal ; Brighton ; Swansea ; Blackpool ; Liverpool ; New Brighton ; Filey, Yorkshire ; 

 not recorded, apparently, from the northern counties of England or from Scotland ; 

 in England it appears not to be found far from the sea, but it occurs over all Europe 

 and as far south as Senegal and Abyssinia, and also in Asia from Siberia to India. 



This species is very variable as regards the colour of the elytra ; the 

 colour of the thorax, however, is usually constant, the only noticeable 

 variation being the extension of the two white spots into lines meeting 

 the anterior white border. 



ANISOSTXCTA, Daponchel. 



Only two or three species are at present included in this genus, which 

 is closely related to the preceding, and appears only to be distinguished 

 by having the tarsal claws simple and not toothed. 



A. novemdecimpunctataj L. Oblong, not very convex, of a 

 yellow or somewhat orange colour with black markings ; thorax very 

 transverse, with sides strongly rounded, usually furnislied with six black 

 spots, which are sometimes confluent ; elytra with a common spot at 

 base of suture and nine spots on each black, moderately strongly 

 punctured ; legs testaceous. L. 3-4 mm. 



Marshy places, amongst reeds and aquatic plants ; loca', but common where it 

 occurs ; Lee, Graveseud, Foi-est Hill, Wej-bridge, Woking, Walton, &c ; Yarmouth ; 

 Birchiugton ; Hastings ; Brighton ; Devon ; South Wales ; Hertford ; Cambridge ; 

 Col-'sliill and Sutton Park near Birmingham; Willington, near Burton-on-Trent ; 

 Mabbeiley, Cheshire; according to Stephens it has occurred in Scotland, but it is not 

 given iu Dr. Sharp's list ; the species extends across Asia to North America. 



ABAIiIA, Mulsant. 



This genus contains upwards of thirty species, which are very widely 

 distributed ; the majority are found in the more northern regions of the 

 world, but species have been described from Chili, Cape of Good Hope, 

 Abyssinia, Madeira, Ceylon, &c. ; hitherto our list has contained two 

 species only, but a new one, A. hoihvica, must now be added. 



