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Say's Descriptions^ &fC 



very distinct series of well impressed punctures : jpectus 

 and head beneath sanguineous. 



Length nearly two fifths of an inch. 



Much 



o 



corresp 



^f. 



with L. puncticdllis^ Nob., which it equals in magnitude, 

 but has: an immaculate thorax, more profoundly punc- 

 tured^elytral striBe, and black postpectus and venter. 



CocciNELLAj Linn. 



1. C, munda. Elytra immaculate; thorax black, with 

 a white margin and spots. 



Inhabits North America. 



Body black: head with dilated, white, inner orbits: 

 labram honey-yellow : thorax with a white anterior and 

 lateral margin, and a white abbreviated line proceeding 

 from the middle of the anterior margin ; a lateral white 

 dot sometimes confluent with the anterior margin : elytra 

 immaculate, yellowish : tibice and tarsi piceous. 



Var. a. Tibiae and tarsi black. 



Var. p. Elytra sanguineous ; head white ; anterior 

 pairs of feet honey-yellow. 



Length nearly one fifth of an inch. 



I have specimens in my collection from remote parts 

 of North America. Dr. Harris sent it to me from Mas- 

 sachusetts, and Dr. Melsheimer from near Maryland. I 

 have found it in the North West Territory, Pennsylvania, 

 Indiana, Missouri, Florida, and varieties a and (?, in Mex- 

 ico. The name is taken from Melsheimer's Catalogue. 



2. C. dentipeSy Fabr., Is common In Mexico, and I for- 

 merly obtained an individual in the North West Territory^ 



3- C. cacti^ Fabr. This species occurs abundantly In 

 Mexico ; it certainly resembles very closely the stigmdy 



