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Var. X. Coleoptra black, with 8 rufous spots : 1 large at the shoulder, 2 



transverse, and 1 at the apex. 

 Var. fi. Coleoptra black, with 6 red spots : 1 large at the shoulder, 1 behind 



the middle near the suture, and 1, of variable size, at the apex. 

 Var. V. Coleoptra black, with 4 red spots : 1 at the shoulder, and 1 (sometimes 



very minute) near the suture, behind the middle. 

 Var. ?. Black, coleoptra with a large red patch at the shoulder. 



Abundant in every hedge and garden throughout the year. 

 " York."— TT. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Raehills, common."-~i?ey. W. 

 Little. "Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Cardew-mine." — T. 

 C. Heysham, Esq. " Weston." — Rev. J. H. Mattheivs. 



Sp. 21. impustulata. Ovato-hejnispliwrica, nigra^ elytris latius marginatis. 



(Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Co. impustulata. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 235. No. 2382. 



Ovate-hemispheric : head black : sometimes pale, with a transverse black line, 

 or totally black : thoi^ax with the anterior angle white : elytra sliehtly mar- 

 gined, generally black : legs black, with the tarsi ferruginous beneath. 



Var. j8. The same, with the legs pitchy-testaceous. 



Var. y. The same as var. a. with the lateral margins of the elytra, and a 

 minute dot on the shoulder, reddish. 



Var. S. The same, with an incurd spot at the shoulder and the apex of the 

 elytra rufescent. 



Var. £. The same, the elytra with three obsolete rufescent spots, placed one 

 on the outer margin near the shoulder, and irregular, a second smaller 

 within, and a third obsolete towards the suture in the middle. 



Var. Z' The same; with five reddish spots on each elytron, placed 2 at the 

 base, 2 about the middle, and 1 at the apex. 



Rare; at least within the metropolitan district: I have taken a 

 few specimens at Coombe in June ; it occurs in Norfolk. " Rae- 

 hills."— J?ey. W. Little. " Cummersdale."— r. C Heysham, Esq. 

 — " Near Marino, on Ranunculus aquatilis." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 22. conglobata. Ovato-hemisphcerica, rosea vel Jlavescens, ihorace nigra 

 maculato, elytris marginatis suturd, punctisque octo nigris. (Long. corp. 

 2 lin.) 



Co. conglobata. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 236. No. 2384. 



Ovate-hemispheric, black, above rosy or yellowish : thorax with eight black spots 

 frequently confluent : elytra margined, with the suture and eight spots also 

 black : legs testaceous, femora sometimes black. 



Var. a. Thorax with 7 black spots, one being common to both sides : elytra 

 with the suture and eight spots black, 2 oblique within towards the 



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