coccinellid.t:. — coccinella. 379 



lateral margins broadly whitish : elytra tvith the sidure, a small spot at the 

 base, near the scutellum, a larger irregular one on the disc, behind which is 

 an oblong one, and an exterior nearly continuous line towards the outer 

 margin, ivhitish : legs rather pale : abdomen rufo-bruneous. 



Var. (3. With the disc of the thorax rufous, with an oblique black streak on 

 each side. 



Var. y. With the disc of the thorax nearly black. 



Obs. The white blotch towards the middle of the elytra is frequently divided 

 into two oblong spots. 

 Not uncommon in districts where pines or firs abound, upon which 



trees this insect occurs in the spring and autumn : near Hertford 



and Ripley I have taken it in utter profusion. " Stockton-common, 



near Yovkr—W.C Hewitson, Esq. " Dalmeney."— i?eu. W. Little. 



"Penrice Castle, rather plentiful.''— Z. IF. Dillwijn, Esq. " Newby 



Cross." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 10. ocellata. Subhemisphcerica, nigra, tlwrace Jlavo-vario, elytris rubris 

 nigra marginatis, punctis nigris subocellatis. (Long. corp. 4 — 5f lin.) 



Co. ocellata. Linnl— Curtis, v. pi 208.— Steph. Catal. 231. No. 2370. 



Black : head with two frontal spots, the anterior and lateral margins white : 

 thorax with the anterior margin narrowly, and the lateral broadly white, 

 the last with a black spot on each towards the base, which has two white 

 spots in the centre : elytra rufous, with 16 black spots, edged with whitish 

 during life, pale after death, placed 1 at the base, then 3, 3 and 1 within the 

 apex, the last elongate : margins of the abdominal segments narrowly pale : 

 antennae and tarsi beneath pale ferruginous. 



Var. jS. With one or other of the spots on the elytra deficient. 



Var. y. With a subocellated humeral spot and a minute one near the scutel- 

 lum, and the remainder indicated by obsolete pale marks. 



tVar. S. With the elytra immaculate. 



This elegant species also affects pines and firs, as well as the 



beech : upon the former trees I have captured it at Birch-wood and 



•tSp. 11. marginepunctata. Subhemisphcerica, ritfescens, capite thoraceque luteis, 



punctis plurimis nigris, elytris pallidis punctis 16. (Long. corp. 3 Im.) 

 Co. marginepunctata. Fabricius. — Turton. (! ) — Stepli. Catal. 231. 



A^o. 2371, note. 

 Subhemispheric, rufescent, with the head and thorax luteous, thickly spotted 



with black: elytra pale, each with eight black dots, of which the marginal 



ones sometimes alone exist. 

 Turton introduces this species, but, as usual, without authority. 



