the Coccinellidie of Japan. 29 



of C. ocellata^ L., the scutellar pair are very small and round 

 and equidistant from the scutellum and the suture, surrounded 

 by a pale halo-like circle, the other spots correspond with 

 those of C. ocellata, but are all small, being encroached upon 

 by the pale margin, so much so, indeed, that in the median 

 spot before the apex the black dot is obliterated or is very 

 faint ; the legs pale reddish brown, tarsi somewhat robust, 

 posterior tibial carina almost obsolete. 



Knowing how variable G. ocellata is, I should have con- 

 sidered this a variety of it had I not found the tarsi more 

 robust and the tibial carina distinctly feeble. I have not, 

 however, seen a specimen of G. ocellata coloured like the 

 present insect. 



Hah. Niohosan (Ent. xxi. p. 108, 1887) and Tsukubayama 

 in June on firs. 



Thea 12-guttata, Poda. 

 Thea duodecimguttata, Poda, Ins. Graec. p. 25 (1762). 

 Hah. Kob^, Kamiichi, and Yokohama. 



Thea cincta^ Fabricius. 

 Thea cincta, Fabr. Suppl. Ent. Sjst. p. 77 (1798). 



All my specimens (thirty-four in number) of this species 

 agree in colour ; there are two black spots on the basal edge 

 of the thorax, and the elytra are immaculate. The anterior 

 edge of the thorax is very thin and pellucid, and the black 

 eyes are seen through it and appear like two additional spots. 



Hah. Nagasaki, in great profusion, 29th May, 1881. 



Galvia 10~guttata, Linnaeus. 



CoccineUa decemguttata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 583 (1767). 



Hah. Kashiwagi, Plain of Fujisan, and Sapporo ; three 

 examples. In Europe it is found in alders and sallows. 



Galvia lA-guttataf Linnaeus. 



CoccineUa quatuordeeunguttata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 367 (1758). 

 Anisocalvia quatiiordecimguttata, Linn., Crot. Revis. p. 144 (1874). 



This species has three transverse spots on the anterior 

 dorsal area, while G. 15-guttata has but two ; but I cannot 

 see any character to separate these two species from each 

 other generically. Harold merges Galvia and nineteen other 

 genera in Halyzia. 



Hah. Sapporo and on the Plain of Fujisan. Five ex- 

 amples. 



