the Coccinellid£e of Japan. 37 



Hab. Nagasaki and Chiuzenji. Common also at Yoko- 

 hama. 



Scymnus phosphorus^ sp. n. 



Ovalis, convoxus, niger, nitidus, griseo-pubescens ; elytris bimacu- 



latis, maculis rufis ; pedibus pariim infnscatis. 

 L. 2 mill. 



Tliis species agrees with 8. Hareji^ Weise, in form and 

 size, but it is black, with two relatively large red spots on 

 each elytron well before the apex ; the spots leave a rather 

 wide black margin both at the suture and on the lateral edge. 

 The punctuation also is closer. 



Ilab. Tagami, near Nagasaki. Two examples only. 



Scymnus Hareja^ Weise. 

 Scymnus Hareja, Weise, Deutsche ent. Zeit. p. 150 (1879). 



" Ovalis, convexus, griseo-pubesceas, niger, capita thoraceque rufo- 

 flavis, pedibus elytris gutta utrinque ad medium apicequo liavis : 

 laminis abdominalibus abbreviatis. 



" L. I lin." 



Hab. Hagi {Ililler) ; Maiyasan, near Kobd. 



Scymnus Hqffmanniy Weise. 

 Scymnus Hoffmanni, Weise, Deutsche ent. Zeit. p. 152 (1879). 



" Ovatus, modice convexus, subnitidus, rufo-testaceus ; thoraco 

 nigro, angulis anticis plus minusve rufo-testaceis ; elytrorum 

 marginibus (posticis exceptis) nigris. Laminis abdominalibus 

 integris, dense fortiterque punctatis. 



" L. I lin." 



Hab. Kobe, Yokohama, and Nagasaki. Very common. 



Scymnus niponicus^ sp. n. 



Breviter ovalis, brunneus, nitidus, griseo-pubescens ; capita rufo- 

 brunnao ; thoraca ante scutellum infuseato, antice lateribus 

 rufo-brunneo ; elytris infuscatis, iu medio longitudinaHter obscure 

 rufis ; subtus parum infuscatus ; pedibus testaoeis. 



L. l|-2 mill. 



This species is very similar to aS'. subvillosus^ Goeze, but 

 the thorax is narrower. 



Hab. Yokohama and Nagasaki. 



