376 COCCINELLID.E. 



from these islands was taken by the late Dr. Heineken, many year 

 ago, near Funchal, in Madeira proper ; and I am extremely doubtful 

 whether it can be regarded as more than an accidental importation 

 from higher latitudes, and whether the species should properly be 

 admitted any longer into the Atlantic fauna. 



1031. Cassida hemisphserica. 



Cassida hemisphaerica, Hbst, Kdf. viii. 226 (1799). 



viridis, Br. [nee Fab.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 74 (1838). 



hemisphserica, WolL, Ins. Mad. 440 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 130 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 419 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses(.MacZ.)et Canarienses (Can., Ten.,Palma, Hierro), 

 in inferioribus intermediisque, passim. 



A European Cassida which occurs sparingly, for the most part 

 within the cultivated regions, in Madeira proper. In the Canaries 

 it is far more common, and more widely spread having been cap- 

 tured in Grand Canary, Teneriife, Palma, and Hierro. 



1032. Cassida Kossii. 



Cassida Rossii, WolL, Cat. Mad. Col. 130 (1857). 

 Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) a J. J. Boss semel deprehensa. 



The single example on which I founded this species was captured 

 by Mr. J. J. Boss, near Eunchal, in Madeira proper ; but I am ex- 

 tremely doubtful whether it is more, after all, than a large and pallid 

 (because immature) variety of the C. hemisphcerica. At any rate, 

 until further material has been obtained, its diagnosis can scarcely 

 be regarded as quite satisfactory. 



Fam. 66. COCCINELLID^B. 



Genus 316. CHILOCORUS. 

 Leach, Edinb. Encyclop. xv. 116 (1815). 



1033. Chilocorus renipustulatus. 



Coccinella renipustulata, Scriba, Journ. 276 (1790). 



Cacti, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 163 (1802), 

 Chilocorus renipustulatus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 374 (1831). 

 , WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 424 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), in inferioribus aridis apricis pra> 

 sertirn. inter plantas Opuntice tunce et Plocamce pemlulce. 



