COCCINELLID.E. COCCINELLA. 389 



Var. y. With the three posterior spots on the elytra united in the form of 



an arch. 

 Var. 5. With the common spot at the base of each elytron wanting. 

 Var. €. With one or more of the spots deficient, 

 i^ar. ?. With the elytra immaculate. 

 Dbs. The first pair of spots are placed before the middle of the elytra. 



Found in damp and marshy situations amongst reeds, especially in 

 Battersea-fields. " Raehills."— J?ei;. W. Little. "Monk's-wood." 

 — C. C. Babington, Esq. « Meldon Park."— G. Wailes, Esq. 

 " Swansea, not common." — L. W. Dillwyn., Esq. " RockclifF." — 

 T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 29. septemmaculata. Oblonga, thorace Jiavo marginato, dytris fubris, 



maculis viagnis nigris, scutellari triloba. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Co. 7-maculata. Fabricius, E. S. 1. 275. — Co. notata. Schnied. Mag: i. 144. 



Oblong, A/acA: : head with a triangular flavescent mark: //<ora^ with the mar- 

 gins narroiuly edged with yellow : elytra red, with a large trilobed black 

 blotch at the suture ; jive large spots of similar hue on the disc, 1 humeral, 

 1 fasciaeform, 1, composed apparently of two united, about the middle of 

 the disc, 2 placed transversely towards the apex, and 1 at the apex of the 

 suture : legs entirely black : antennae and palpi rufous, with the tips dusky. 



Of this very distinct insect I possess a single specimen, which I 

 formerly received from the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



Sp. 30. novendecimpunctata. Oblonga, supra Jlava, thorace punctis sex 



coleoptris novendecim nigris, pedibus testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 Co. 19-punctata. Linn^. — Steph. Catal. 237 . iVo. 2389. 



Oblong, black: above sulphurous, sometimes with a rosy tinge: head with 

 the vertex black : thorax with six black spots : elytra each with a line at 

 the base of the suture and 9 spots black, placed 1 large, transverse, on the 

 shoulder, 2 small before the middle, then 3 in the middle, the central one 

 largest, 2 equal ones behind the middle, and 1 within the apex : legs entirely 

 testaceous yellow. 



Var. /3. With the spots on the elytra more or less contiguous, or united. 

 Var. y. With the spots on the thorax more or less confluent. 



Also found in moist places ; amongst reeds, in June. " Cambridge." 

 C. C. Babington, Esq. " On the sand hills (near Swansea)." — L. 

 W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 31. globosa. HemisphcBrica, capite pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis, elytris 

 ferrugineis scepiiis nigro punctatis, aut fere nigris rufo-variis. (Long. corp. 

 li— 1| lin.) 



