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that the two authors, Beutenmueller and Cockerell, would have over- 
looked so striking a difference as the spacing of the costae, which, in 
N. surinamensis, are about equidistant from each other and from the 
suture as well, while the distance from the exterior costa to the margin 
is relatively much less than in S. beutenmuellerr. The last species 
seems to have almost exactly the same arrangement of costae and 
groove as the recent European S. tyrolensis but the punctuation is 
finer and much better separated in the fossil. In this character it 
closely approaches the recent North American S. noveboracensis. 
The insect is named for Mr. William Beutenmueller of New York. 
STAPHYLINIDAE. 
PHILONTHUS MARCIDULUS Scudder. 
One good aime No. 2,439 M. C. Z. (No. 10,294 S. H. Scudder 
Coll.). 
One example, No. 2,440 M. C. Z. (No. 1,229 S. H. Scudder Coll.). 
COCCINELLIDAE. 
COcCINELLA FLORISSANTENSIS, sp. nov. 
LAASBIUM AGASSIzII Scudder. 
| 
| Plate 1, fig. 4. 
| Form alittle more elongate than in most of the recent North Ameri- 
can species. Head in poor preservation, the outline broken. Pro- 
thorax short, sides not very well preserved but evidently arcuate and 
convergent anteriorly, apex much narrower than the base. Scutel- 
lum minute. Elytra without distinguishable maculation, estriate, 
ie edge margined but imperfect in the specimen. Upper surface 
extremely minutely alutaceous as in many recent Coccinellidae. Legs 
pea. Length, 5.95 mm. 
~ Described from one specimen. 
| Type.— No. 2,441 M. C. Z. Florissant, Col. (No. 8,884 8S. H. Seud- 
der Coll.). 
The strongest reasons for placing this insect in the Coccinellidae are 
