56 Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. VI. 



Var. — Punctuation fainter and more obsolete, elytra less visibly- 

 margined. 



Distribution.— Ceylon (Schaum), Neilgherries (Guerin). 



Life-History. — The insect is said to feed upon the brown bug, 

 Lecanium caffese, of coffee and is therefore of considerable use upon 

 coffee estates. It was reported in this connection from Ceylon by 

 Nietner. 



The figure shows some empty larval skins upon a piece of stem 

 drawn from a specimen kindly lent me by Mr. Green. 



Genus Brumus* 

 Muls. Spec. p. 492 (typ. 8-signata). 

 FYont legs plain. Hood truncate or slightly arched inwards in 

 front. Prothorax only slightly arched and without sinuosity at its 

 base; sides nearly straight. Elytra convex simply margined not 

 hiding the thickness of the thighs. Abdominal plates simply arched. 

 Body oval. 



10. Brumus suturalls. 



Coccinella suturalis, Fair. Supp!. Ent. Syst., p. 78 (1798). 

 Brumus suturalis, Muls, Spec, p. 494, 2. 



(Plate III, fig. 8.) 



Predaceous upon Aphis sp. (Peach Aphis). 



Beetle. — Oval, convex, not distinctly dotted ; shining above. 

 i lead, antennae, and palps reddish-yellow. Prothorax feebly arched in 

 front, more prominently so behind, the arc being directed backwards ; 

 reddish yellow without spots. Scutellum black. Elytra satiny white 

 with thin black longitudinal stripes running down them, a sutural 

 one and one on each elytron ; elytra leave the last segment of the 

 body exposed, this being reddish brown. Ventral surface red with 

 black patches between the legs and on the first segment of the abdo- 

 men. Legs red, with posterior femora marked with a mediam black 

 patch. Long, c? 3-5, ? 4 millim. Fig. 8 shows the beetle, natural 

 size and enlarged. 



Distribution. — Crotch gives this as India. 



The Indian Museum Collections contain a specimen marked 

 Madras. Also specimens from the Dehra Dun plateau, North India. 

 Elevation 2,000 ft. (mihi). 



Life- History. — The writer took this beetle between the 12th and 

 15th May 1903 plentifully on peach trees which were badly attacked 

 by an Aphis. The coccinellid was feeding upon the blight, it being 

 the fourth and smallest of the species discovered at the time. It was 

 quite as abundant as the Hippodamia already described. The 



