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Var. b. Central spot of each elytron extended backward, and 

 confluent with the tip of the margin. [93] 



[Belongs to Hyperaspis ; the name being preoccupied, was 

 changed to M. elegans by Mulsant. C. luyubris Randall, is per- 

 haps a variety of this species. — Lec] 



2. C. MALT. — Elytra brownish red ; each with seven black 

 spots ; and a common one on the scutel. 



Inhabits North America. 



C. mall Melsh. Catal. 



Head black ; two white spots between the eyes : thorax black j 

 two small white spots at the base, and a white lateral margin 

 including a black spot ; anterior edge yellow ; spots on the 

 elytra placed 1, 3, 3, and a common one at the base : beneath 

 black ; margin of the abdomen fulvous : feet testaceous : thighs 

 black. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Var. a. Spots of the elytra surrounded with a whitish areola. 



Varietas ocdlata Melsh, Catal. 



Var. b. Ground color of the elytra whitish. 



C ocdlata Melsh. Catal. 



[Belongs to Myzia as reformed by me, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 

 Phil. 6, 132, and is identical with the European M. Ib-punctata, 

 G. lahiculata Haj, ante, 1, 192, is the same. — Lec] 



3. C. parenthesis. — Elytra pale yellowish, each with a spot; 

 posterior lunule and common spot at base. 



Coccinella parenthesis Melsh. Catal. 



" b-notata Knoch in Melsh. Catal. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Head black ; labrum testaceous ; a white, abbreviated, frontal 

 line, and a spot near each eye : thorax black ; a square spot at 

 base ; anterior and lateral margin, and abbreviated, acute line 

 before, white : elytra with a humeral, black spot ; a common one 

 near the base connected with the scutel ; [94] a large lunule, 

 occupying the posterior half of the elytron, sometimes interrupted 

 into two distinct spots : beneath black. 



Length one-fifth of an inch. 



[Belongs to Hlppodamla, and was afterwards described as C. 

 trldens Kirby, and H. lunato-maculata Motsch. — Lec] 



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