170 CLAViconNiA. \_Scymnus. 



b. Legs yellowish -testaceous, base of 



femora dark ......... S. PYGM^US, Fourc. 



B. Elytra black, usually with one, occasion- 



ally with two, red spots on each . . . S. FBONTALIS, F. 

 ii. Post-coxal foveaa with raised sides complete, 

 forming a more or less exact semicircle 

 round posterior coxae. 



1. Elytra black, with two common horse- 



shoe-shaped whitish-yellow lines ; legs 



yellow ............ S. ABCUATUS, Rossi. 



2. Elytra entirely yellowish-brown or luteous, 



with margins and suture often more or 

 less broadly blackish. 



A. Femora black; tibiae and tarsi usually 



reddish-brown . . . ...... S. SUTURALIS, Thunb. 



(discoideus, 111.) 



B. Legs testaceous, with tarsal claws black S. IIVIDUS, Sold. 



C. Legs entirely testaceous or reddish- 



testaceous .......... S. TESTACEUS, Mots. 



(Mulsanti, Wat.) 



3. Elytra black, with apex broadly reddish . S. H.EMOBRHOIDAIJS, Herlst. 



4. Elytra entirely black, or with at most the 



extreme apex lighter. 



A. Head red; thorax with anterior and 



side margins broadly reddish-yellow in 



male ............ S. CAPITATTTS, F. 



B. Head and thorax always black . . . . S. ATEB, Kug. 

 II. Posterior coxae very widely separated ; colour 



black, unicolorous ; size very small . . . . S. MINIMUS, Rossi. 



S. pulchellus, Herbst. (k-lunulatus, 111. ; s.g. Nephus, Muls.). 

 Oval, moderately convex, pubescent, black, with the labrum, antennae 

 and legs, and four spots on the elytra testaceous or reddish-testaceous ; 

 the anterior pair are larger, oblong, and oblique, and situated near 

 shoulders, and the posterior pair, situated before apex, are smaller 

 and slightly lunate ; the elytra are less finely and more deeply punc- 

 tured than thorax ; legs yellow, posterior femora often darker. L. 

 li-lf mm. 



Very rare ; the species was introduced by Mr. G. R. Waterhouse in 1863 on two 

 doubtful specimens from Kirby's collection ; the only authentic British example 

 appears to be one taken in Kent, which is in Mr. Rye's collection. 



S. Redtenbacheri, Muls. (s.g. Neplius, Muls.). A very small 

 species, of an elongate-oval shape, moderately convex, clothed with pale 

 pubescence, black with an oblique band of a reddish or reddish-yellow 

 colour on each elytron ; antennae, mouth-parts and legs entirely testaceous ; 

 the femora, however, are occasionally dark ; elytra finely but somewhat 

 distinctly punctured ; the size and shape of the elytral band is variable. 

 L. 1-1 mm. 



A specimen from Mr. Wilkinson's collection, now in the possession 

 of Mr. Mason, was returned to me by M. Brisout in 1882 as this insect, 

 and Mr. Mason subsequently found several others, in the same collection 



