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COCCINELLID.^. 

 NOVIUS. 



JV. ruber, sp. no v. Breviter ovalis ; sat nitidus ; pubescens ; 



sanguineo-ruber, subtus distincte, supra vix perspicue, hie 



illic infuscatus ; tarsis picesentibus ; capite prothoraceque 



vix perspicue, elytris crebre subtilius, punctulatis. Long., 



111.; lat., HI. 



Much like JV. bellus, Blackb., in form and sculpture, but 



decidedly larger, and very differently coloured. The whole upper 



surface is of a shining bright-red colour, almost like sealing-wax. 



On close inspection a little vague infuscation can be discerned 



running down the side of each elytron a little within the margin 



in the front half, and occupying the neighbourhood of the inner 



apical angle. 



iV. cardhiaJis, Muls., is a still larger species with the head 

 black and the prothorax and elytra bearing conspicuous black 

 markings. N. sanguinolentus, Muls., has the head, prothorax, 

 and scutellum black. The upper surface of N. Lindi, Blackb., 

 is entirely black, except a large red spot on each elytron. 

 iV. cardinalis, Muls., and bellus, Blackb., agree in having both 

 prothorax and elytra red, with black markings ; but the pattern 

 of either is very different from that of the other. 



Sent to me by Mr. T. G. Sloane; taken by him, I believe, at 

 Mulwala, N.S.W. 



Tr. Roy. Soc, 1887, p. 

 LindV read ^^Sharjn." 



Erratum. 



224, lines 7, 24, 28, 29, and 33, for 



