516 FAMILY XVI. COCCINELLIDiE. 



'.1S4 (SOGC). AnALiA FEiGiDA Sclineifl, Neii. Mng. But, 1T!)2, 172. 



Differs I'roni liiiniiicUila in having .-i black point at center ol' broad .yel- 

 low margin of thorax, or thorax black, with front, sides and basal bilobed 

 spot yellowish; elytra reddish, usually with two small spots near middle 

 (var. ophthalmica Muls.), sometimes with two black bands (var. disjuncta 

 Band.), rarely wholly without black markings. Elytra rather coarsely and 

 densely punctured. Length 3.5-4.5 mm. (Fig. 191, 6.) 



One specimen (var. ophthalmica) in Webster collection labeled 

 ' ' Ind. ' ' Ranges across the northern part of North America, as far 

 south as Ohio and Missouri. 



VI. Neomysia Casey. 1899. (Gr., "new -i-Mysia.") 



This genus replaces Mysia of the Henshaw list. It is repre- 

 sented in the State by the single species : 



985 (3073). Neomysia ptjliata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 1825, 



301 ; ibid. II, 346. 

 Oval, strongly convex. Head black with two spots on sides of front 

 yellow ; thorax of male with disk black, the front margin narrowly, the 

 sides broadly yellow, the latter enclosing a black spot ; a small yellow spot 

 in front of scutellum, which is sometimes extended into a median pale 

 space; in female the disk brov\'n ; elytra uniform dull reddish-brown. Un- 

 der surface black, paler along the middle. Length 6-7 mm. (Fig. 191, f.) 



Lake and Pnsey counties; scarce. May 20^July 8. Closely re- 

 sembles ■(7of;_c/)!fKa sanguinca but larger and with different mark- 

 ings on thorax. 



VII. Anatis Muls. 1846. (Gr., "hai-mless.") 



Broadly oval or rounded convex species, above the medium in 

 size and having the thorax less transverse than usual and the punc- 

 tuation rather coarse and unequal. One species and a variety occur 

 in the State. 



986 (3075). Anatis 15-punctata Oliv., Ent., VI, 180S, 1027. 



Oval, very broad, rather convex. I-Iead black with two triangular yel- 

 low spots on front; thorax with disk lilack, enclosing two pale spots at 

 base; side margins broadly pale, with a marginal black siMt near base; 

 elytra yellow or reddish-brown, each >\ith eight black spots, one scutellar, 

 one on the humerus, three Tonning a median band and three subapical. 

 Beneath black, the tibia;, tarsi and sides of abdomen pale reddish-brown. 

 Length 6.5-8.5 mm. (Fig. 185, (].) 



Throughout the State; frequent. Ain-il IS-October 22. ]\Iates 

 about mid-April and is then found in numbers on the flowers of 

 the red haw (<Jra-l<rfj}is). In very dark specimens the spots of 

 elytra are indistinct. 



