104 CLAVICORNIA. [Coccinella. 



describe them ; most of them are mentioned by Weise, Coccinellidee, 

 pp. 32-35, and by Mulsant, Securipalpes, pp. 95-108 ; among the most 

 common are those with the elytra black and furnished with four or five 

 large yellow spots on each, or testaceous with small black spots, or black 

 with one large triangular spot reaching margin, not far from shoulder. 



C. hleroglyphica, L. Oval, subglobose ; thorax black with the 

 anterior angles whitish in a triangular spot ; elytra yellow or reddish- 

 yellow, with a longitudinal black patch at scutellum, another on each 

 side, which is somewhat curved and often reaches from base to centre, 

 and a black spot before apex, which is sometimes joined to the pre- 

 ceding ; sometimes all the spots are divided, but some are always 

 more or less oblong ; legs and epimera black ; punctuation distinct. 

 L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of abdomen impressed with a 

 semicircular fovea. 



By sweeping heath, &c., especially beneath fir-trees; local; London disti'ict com- 

 mon; Norwich; Hastings and other localities on the South Coast; Swansea; Chat 

 Moss; Newmarket; Button Park; Cannock Chase; Northumberland and Durham 

 districts rare ; Scotland, Highlands and Lowlands, amongst heather, Solway, Tweed, 

 Forth, Tay, and Dee districts ; Ireland, near Waterford. 



A black variety of this species occurs, but the var. fenestrata of A. 

 olliterata appears occasionally to be mistaken for it. 



C. 11-punctata, L. Oval, moderately convex ; thorax black with 

 the anterior angles white ; elytra red with a common spot at suture, 

 and five other spots on each, black ; these vary in size, but are fairly 

 constant ; some, however, are occasionally very small or even absent ; 

 legs black. L. 3|-4| mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of abdomen emarginate ; female 

 with the sixth ventral segment of abdomen entire. 



C. 5-pnnctata, L. Very convex, almost hemispherical ; thorax 

 black with a white spot at the anterior angles which is large and con- 

 spicuous on the under-surface ; elytra red, with a common spot at base 

 of suture and two spots on each black ; occasionally there is also a 

 minute spot at sides between base and middle ; punctuation fine and 

 thick ; legs black ; epimera of mesosternum white. L. 3|-4| mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of abdomen impressed with a 

 deep semicircular fovea. 



A northern species often found on the borders of streams; Northumberland 

 district, not uncommon ; Scotland, local, Solway, Tay, Dee, and Moray districts. 



C. 7-punctata, L. Convex, subhemispherical, very finely punc- 

 tured ; thorax black with a large white spot at the anterior angles which 

 is not conspicuous on the under-side ; anterior angles bluntly but dis- 



