This genus is at once a remarkable example of the value of 

 structure in the combination of groups, and of the little im- 

 portance of the distribution of colour when employed to di- 

 stinguish species. As a genus, Coccinella is so natural that its 

 appellation has never been disturbed; whereas the species com- 

 posing it are so variable, that many of them have been de- 

 scribed under a great variety of names. 



In our dissertation upon Hemerobius, we remarked that 

 the Coccinellse were amongst the numerous insects that attack 

 the Aphides and keep them within the limits prescribed by 

 Providence: and we regret that our space will not allow of our 

 entering upon so interesting a subject ; but this want will be 

 supplied by referring to the 1st vol. of Kirby and Spence, 

 pages 258 or 262, to vol. 2, pages 9 and 230; to the Entomo- 

 logical Transactions ; and descriptions and ample synonyms 

 to the following British species will be found in the 4th part 

 of Gyllenhal, and the 2nd volume of Schonherr. 



24. 9.— 



2. 



4. 



10, 



11. 



-I6-ma- 



12, 



13 



I. C. lateralis Fab. Panz. 



frontalis P(iyk. 

 impustulata ///. Gyll. 



culata Fab. 

 globosa///. Gyll. — 24-punctata 



Lhin.—Don. 11. 362. 4 & 5. 



impunctata Payk. Marsh. 

 14-guttata Linn. — Do7i. 7. 



243. 1. 

 bis-sex-guttata Fab. Oliv. 5. 



pi. 4./. 51. 

 16 -guttata Linn. 

 oblongo-guttata Lin7i. — Do7u 



11. 362. 1. 

 ocellata Lirm. Nob. 

 7-punctata Lirm. Don. 2. 39. 5. 



—Panz. 79. 3. 

 5-punctata Linn. — Don. 16. 



572. 1. 

 dispar //;, — Pantherina and 



annulata Linn. Don. 7. 243. 2. 



bipunctata and 6-pustulata 



Linn. Don. 2. 39. 3. — uni- 



fascia and 4-pustulata Fab. 



Don. 7. 243. 3.— perforata 



and 7-pustulata Mar. — 4- 



punctata i)o7t. 16. 542. 

 humeralis Schon. Gyll. — lunaris 



Marsh. 

 variabilis 111. 4-punctata, 6- 



punctata, and 10-punctata 



Linn. — margine-punctata,8- 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



19. 



20. 



21. 



22. 

 23. 



24. 



25. 



punctata, and 1 1-notata Mar. 



13-maculata Don. 12. 428. 

 C. instabilis III. ? — ] 0-guttata Fab. 



Linn. ? A variety probably 



of the last. 

 conglomerataii««. — 14-macu- 



lata Linn. 

 1 4-pustulata Linn. — Oliv. 5. 



pi. 4./. 50. 

 20-punctata Fab. — 22-punctata 



Don. 2. 39. 1. 4. 

 I2-punctata Linn. — Oliv. 5. pi. 



4./. 53. 

 conglobata Linn- III. Panz. 



106. 5. 

 1 1-punctata, tripunctata, and 



9-punctata Linn. — 4-macu- 



lata, and 10-punctata Fab. — 



collaris Payk. 

 hieroglyphica Linn. — flexuosa 



Fab. — lineolata,sinuosa, and 



sinuata Marsh. 

 18-guttata Linn. Marsh. 

 niutabilis ///. Payk. — IcBta, lim- 



bata, 5-niaculata, 6-punctata 



and 7-notata Fab. — Don. 11. 



362. 3.— Panz. 79. 5. 

 13 -punctata Linn. Don. 16. 



572. 2. and 11. 362. 2.— 14- 



punctata Don. 2. 39. 2. 

 1 9-punctata Linn. 



The rare and beautiful species figured was first observed 

 by Professor Hooker in Sept. 1813, upon the Wild Liquorice, 

 Astragalus glycyphyllos, in a garden at Norwich. It was after- 

 wards taken in other parts of Norfolk, and at Windsor in 

 June : and Mr. John Phillips, to whom I am indebted for 

 specimens, informed me that he captured several the end of 

 March and beginning of April, at Stockton Common, York- 

 shire, by shaking the Beech-trees ; and that they were found 

 upon the old and dead leaves. 



