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27. COCCINELLA AFFINIS. 
C. corpore sub-rotundato, nigro ; thorace punctulato, lateribus antice 
sub-flavis; elytris punctatis, maculà media sanguinea. 
Body somewhat. rounded, black: thoraw lightly 
punctured ; margin with a yellowish border, broad be- 
fore, gradually diminishing behind; elytra more pro- 
foundly punctured than the thorax, with a small red spot 
in the middle of each. 
Length four twentieths of an inch. 
Occurred in the vicinity of Boston, allied to the C. 
normata and the C. binotàta of Say, and to the C. ocu- 
làta of Fabr. but is larger than these species. 
28. COCCINELLA SIMILIS. 
c. Leg rotundato, E punctulato ; thoracis marginibus antico 
et laterali angusté flavo-marginatis; elytris posticé obsoleté flavo- 
iore maculà media p sub-cordatà flava ; abdominis mar- 
gine flavo-testacea. 
Body rounded, black: Aead punctured: eyes black- 
ish, fuscous: palpi pale: labrum margined with yellow- 
ish: thorax before and on the sides with a narrow yel- 
lowish border, an obsolete yellowish line at base extend- 
ing to the middle; surface punctured: elytra more 
deeply punctured, posteriorly with a very narrow, almost 
obsolete testaceous margin, terminating before in a faint 
spot: abdomen beneath margined with yellowish. 
Length between four twentieths and five twentieths of 
an inch. 
Occurred on Chelsea Beach, Mass., where it was 
