1G2 CLAVICORNIA. [Adalia. 



others arc almost entirely black with only a reddish spot at base ; punc- 

 tuation rather fine ; legs and under-side black, the former occasionally 

 lighter ; epimera black. L. 3-4 mm. 



On trees, shrubs, herbage, &c. 5 common and generally distributed throughout the 

 kingdom. 



BXYSXA, Mulsant 



The " Mysiates " are distinguished by Mulsant from the " Halyziates " 

 by having the last joint of the antennae truncate, and not obliquely cut 

 off at apex, and terminating in an angle as in the latter group ; the 

 character, however, is not a very plain one, and the genera Mysia and 

 Halyzia are perhaps better separated by the shape of the tarsal claws ; 

 the genus Mysia only contains a few species from Northern Asia, and 

 North and Central America, and one from Europe. 



IK. oblong-og-uttata, L. Oval, subhemispherical, of a light tes- 

 taceous-brown or fawn colour ; thorax with broad white borders, and 

 usually furnished with two dark longitudinal markings, which are very 

 variable in breadth and are sometimes absent ; elytra with longitudinal 

 light lines and oblong spots, very finely punctured ; legs testaceous, 

 sometimes partially dark. L. 5f-7 mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of abdomen somewhat excised at 

 apex, female with the fifth ventral segment subsinuate on each side. 



On and about firs ; not uncommon but local ; London district, widely distributed. 

 Glanvilles Wootton ; New Forest ; Bournemouth ; Devon ; South Wales ; Midland 

 districts ; Chat Moss ; Norwich ; Manchester ; Filey and Scarborough ; Northumber- 

 land district; Scotland, Highlands and Lowlands, common on fir-trees, Solway, Fortb, 

 Tay, Dee and Moray districts ; it is probably not uncommon in Ireland. 



ANATXS, Mulsant. 



This genus is usually included under Halyzia, but is distinguished by 

 having the sutural margin of the elytra siiiuate before apex, and furnished 

 with golden pile ; the single European species is one of the largest and 

 most conspicuous of the Coccinellidse. 



A. ocellata, L. The largest of our species of Coccinellidse ; oval, 

 not very convex ; under-side black with a white spot beneath the 

 anterior angles, and with the epimera of the mesosternum white ; head 

 black with white markings ; thorax black with a broad white lateral 

 border, the centre of which is also marked with black, and with two 

 white markings at base ; elytra red with a thin black lateral margin, and 

 with a common spot at scutellum and usually 7-9 others on each black 

 surrounded with yellow, which gives them an ocellate appearance ; the 

 punctuation is fine but distinct ; legs black. L. 6-8 mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of abdomen truncate in middle 

 of apex, female with the same segment subsinuate. 



