66 M. Mulsant' s Description of a new species of Coccinea. 



VII. — Description of a new species of Coccinella from New Zea- 

 land. By M. Mulsant of Lyon, author of the ' Histoire 

 Naturelle des Coleopteres de France.' Communicated by 

 Adam White, F.L.S. 



Coccinella antipodum, Mulsant. Cocc. ovata, glabra, thorace luteo 

 lineis duabus obliquis nigrie, antice abbreviatis. Elytris virescenti- 

 griseis, macula obtriangulari juxta scutellum, linea lougitudinali 

 antice et postice valde abbreviata, margineque inaequaliter, luteis ; 

 pectore rufo ; abdomine nigro ; pedibus luteis. 



Body oval. Head, antennae and palpi of an orange-yellow; 

 eyes black; prothorax anteriorly with a bisinuate notch, the 

 central portion projecting at least as far as the angles when the 

 insect is seen perpendicularly from above, the anterior angles 

 projecting in the form of a tooth, subcurvilinearly dilated on the 

 sides ; from the apex to the base subrotundate on the posterior 

 angles, with the convexity towards the elytra, with narrow raised 

 margins on the sides ; moderately convex, smooth, punctate, of 

 an orange-yellow, with two longitudinal oblique black lines di- 

 verging posteriorly, each connected with the outer third of the 

 base, and extending somewhat irregularly to about the anterior 

 fourth, corresponding by their outer side to the inner side of the 

 eyes. Scutellum triangular, yellow. Elytra one-fourth broader 

 anteriorly than the prothorax at its hinder portion, three times 

 as long or somewhat more, subrotundate at the shoulders, form- 

 ing an oval truncated in front, but an acute ogiv posteriorly, with 

 a narrow margin and faint groove near the shoulders ; moderately 

 convex, more distinctly punctated than the prothorax ; the hu- 

 meral sides prominent, of a grayish green, somewhat obscure, and 

 ornamented with — 1 . a subtriangular spot near the scutellum ; 

 2. an irregular band, taking its rise from the centre of the base, 

 broadest in the first half of the sides, where it occupies about a 

 sixth of the breadth ; and 3. with a longitudinal line, becoming 

 broader posteriorly where it is truncated, and situated near the 

 centre ; yellow. Under side of body fawn-coloured on the breast, 

 with the venter black; epimera and postpectus of a yellowish 

 white ; mesosternum entire ; abdominal plates in the form of a V, 

 extending to the hinder margin of the ring : legs of an orange- 

 yellow. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



The above detailed description is made from a specimen of 

 Coccinella sent to Dr. Joseph Hooker, B.N., by the Rev. William 

 Colenso, subsequently to the publication of the insects of New 

 Zealand in the ' Zoology of the Voyage of II.M.SS. Erebus and 

 Terror.' Dr. Hooker kindly put into my hands a bottle of in- 



