COCCINELLID^. — SCYMNUS. 393 



breast very thickly and deeply punctured : apex of the abdomen piceous : 

 femora black ; tibice and tarsi entirely rufo-ferruginous. 



Found at Ripley in June 1827, on the pine. 



Sp. 5. parvulus. Subhemisphcericus, niger, pubescens, capite am pedumque 

 maxima parte rufo-Jlavescentibus. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Co. parvulus. Fabricius. — Sc. parvulus, Steph. Catal. 238. No. 2396. 



Subhemisphericj black, pubescent : head rufo-testaceous : eyes black : thorax 

 with its lateral margins broadly rufo-testaceous or flavescent, or entirely 

 black : elytra very convex, finely and sparingly punctured, the extreme tip 

 slightly ferruginous : body with the extreme segments rufescent : legs reddish- 

 yellow, with the posterior femora slightly dusky or fuscous at the base : 

 antennas pale. 



Not uncommon on oaks near Hertford in the autumn. " Wood 

 Ditton, Cambridgeshire." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Swansea, not un- 

 common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Baron-wood." — T. C. 

 Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 6. fulvifrons. Subhemisphcericus, ater, pubescens, f route fulvo, pedibusjlaves- 



centibus. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Co. fulvifrons. Marsham.—^c. fulvifrons. Steph. Catal. 238. No. 2395. 



Subhemi spheric, black, pubescent, slightly shining : forehead fulvous or fer- 

 ruginous : thorax immaculate, or with its lateral margins slightly edged 

 with reddish : elytra convex, finely punctured, and totally black : abdomen 

 also entirely black : legs yellowish. 



Found with the preceding species, of which it may be a variety. 



+Sp. 7. Colon. Niger, nitidus, suhpubescens, coleoptris punctis quaiuor luteis, 



thorace immaculato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Co. Colon. Thunberg, Ins. Suec. ix. 111. 

 Shining black, slightly pubescent; thorax immaculate: elytra each with two 



small luteous spots placed longitudinally : apex of abdomen rufescent. 



I have seen one specimen only of this species, which was captured 

 at " Wood Ditton, May 19, I827."— i?et;. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 8. quadripustulatus. Hemisphcericus, niger, pubescens, thorace uirinque 

 ruhro, elytris singula punctis duohus rubris. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Sc. 4-pustulatus. Kugellan.— Steph. Catal. 238. No. 2397. 



Hemispheric, black, slightly pubescent : head black : thorax on each side with 

 a yellowish-red spot or margin : elytra each with two red spots, one large and 

 rounded towards the middle of the disc near the suture, the other smaller 



