CHILOCORUS. 313 



2466 tumidula Kirhy. — Ste. M. iv. 334. — Short, ovate ; brassy-black ; 

 punctulated ; head with a smooth impressed line ; thorax very smooth, the 

 disc flattened, the sides somewhat swollen ; elytra punctate-striate, inter- 

 stices minutely punctured ; antennae pitchy-black, the basal joint pitchy- 

 red. (L. l.Vl. ) Hedges: London district; Weston; S. Wales; New- 

 castle ; Scotland : 4-6. 



§ B. Antenna, short, somewhat clavate : — Plagiodera Chevrolat. 



2467 Armoracia? L. ii. 588. — Pz. F. xliv. f. 14. — Ste. M. iv. 332 



Short, ovate; greenish-blue, or brassy ; shining; very thickly punctured : 

 mouth pitchy ; thorax short, obscurely punctured ; elytra distinctly punc- 

 tate, the punctures slightly dispersed in lines towards the base ; shoulders 

 prominent and wrinkled : body beneath and legs black ; tarsi pitchy ; an- 

 tenna? black, rusty-red beneath at the base. (L. 1^-2 1.) 



Var. ? Ch. clavicornis Kirhy. — Ste. M. iv. 332. — More brassy ; tarsi and 

 base of the antennae pale red, tip of antennae rather stout. Under bark of 

 willows, &c. : Battersea fields ; Weston; S. Wales; Newcastle, &c. : 4-7. 



§ 5. PSEUDOTRIMERA Westwood. 



Fam. 59 CocciNELLiDiE. Ant. mostly shorter than the thorax, abruptly 

 clavate, or thickened towards the apex : max. palpi with terminal joint 

 large and generally securiform (hatchet-shaped) : labrum broad : tho. very 

 short, transverse, lunate: body convex or hemispheric, often pubescent: leys 

 short: tarsi with 2d joint large, bilobed. 



Fam. 60 Endomychid^e. Ant. longer than the head and thorax united, a 

 little thickened towards the extremity : max. palpi filiform, or slightly 

 thickened at tip : tho. trapeziform : body oval, glabrous : leys slightly 

 elongate. 



Fam. 59. COCCINELLIDiE Latreille. ) 



ccccxcviii. Ckilocorus Body glabrous : ant. very short, capitate : tho. lu- 

 nate, hinder angles rounded ; elytra not striate, with a dilated margin. 



ccccxcix. Cocoinella Body glabrous, hemispherical : ant. moderate, with a 

 compressed club : tho. broadest at the base, the hinder angles acute : elytra 

 ample, not striated, slightly margined. 



d. Spk^erosoma Body pubescent, spherical: ant. rather long, with an abrupt 

 club : tho. closely embracing the elytra at the base ; the latter not striate : 

 leys short, robust. 



di. Scymnus Body pubescent, hemispheric, or rather oblong : ant. very 

 short, abruptly clavate ; obtuse : tho. with hinder margin as broad as, and 

 closely embracing, the elytra, which are ample and not striated: leys short; 

 thiyhs thickish. 



dii. Rhyzobius Body pubescent, convex : ant. slightly elongate, with a slender 

 club : tho. with hinder margin scarcely so wide as, but closely embracing, 

 the elytra, the latter convex, not striated : thiyhs slender. 



diii. Cacicula Body rather elongate, slightly pubescent : ant. longer than 

 thorax, with a slender club : tho. rounded on the sides, the base closely 

 embracing the elytra, the latter ovate, punctate-striate : leys simple. 



498 Chilocorus Leach. 



2468 2-pustulatus L. 585. — Mart. C. pi. 13. f. 21 Ste. M. iv. 376. 



— Gibbous ; black ; head, margin of abdomen, and a transverse stripe on 

 the elytra (sometimes interrupted) red : — anterior angles of thorax occa- 

 sionally reddish. (L. 1^-2 1.) Oaks: Hertford; Coombe; Darenth ; 

 S. Wales; N. of England" and Scotland: 4-7. 



2469 renipustulatus III. K. i. 474. — Ste. M. iv. 374. — Coccinella Mil- 



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