186 Mr. Cbas. 0. Waterhouse on the 



the ai^ex the pubescence in the small impressions forms 

 decmnbent yellowish tufts. The under side is more 

 shining bronzy than the upper side ; the under margin 

 of the elytra and some small irregular smooth spaces at 

 the sides of the abdomen are deep blue ; the prosternal 

 process is sparingly punctured ; the abdomen is strongly 

 and thickly punctured ; the apical segment is nearly 

 semicircular, with the basal line, a medial line, and the 

 margins thickly and finely punctured and brassy, the rest 

 is smooth and dark blue, with a puncture here and there. 

 Length 13|, breadth 7 lines. 



Hah. — Madagascar. 



lliis species stands quite alone ; I know of nothing 

 that approaches it, but its somewhat broad form induces 

 me to place it with Coccinellojjsis, although the abdomen 

 is very different. 



Coccinellopsis Lafertei, Gory. 



The male of this species differs from the female in 

 having the prosternal process densely and finely 

 punctured and pilose. In the female this process is 

 shining, and has numerous strong punctures scattered 

 over the surface. 



None of the immediately allied species known to me 

 differ in this way. But C. aurojncta and its allies, 

 although far removed in other respects from C. Lafertei, 

 agree with it in this difference in the sternal process 

 in the sexes. 



Coccinellopsis lateralis, n. sp. 



Eather narrow, elliptical. Head and thorax aeneous ; 

 the latter having the medial channel and punctures 

 brassy. The thorax resembles that of P. coniplanata, 

 but is a little more arcuate at the sides, the surface 

 is very uneven, very rugosely punctured at the sides ; on 

 each side of the medial channel there is a small, round, 

 smooth spot, more clearly defined than that in coniplanata. 

 Elytra not very broad and not much expanded at the 

 sides, very convex on the back, with the margins flattened, 

 rather straight at the sides for two-thirds their length, 

 then arcuately narrowed ; very strongly punctate- striate, 

 brassy at the suture, passing through brownish co^Dpery 

 to dull purple ; the margin dull, dark blue ; the apex is 

 truncate but not compressed, brown, the outer angle 

 slightly dentiform. The under side is brassy ; the pro- 



