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elytra each with 5 white spots, placed 2 and 2 across, and 1 within the 

 apex. (L. 3 1.) West of England; Bristol ? 



2480 16-guttata L. ii. 584. —Mart. C. pi. 13. f. 27. — Ste. M. iv. 378. — 

 Somewhat hemispheric ; testaceous-yellow ; thorax with the margins 

 broadly pellucid- white ; elytra with the margins dilated, each with 8 white 

 spots, placed 1 near the base, then 2, 2 and 2 obliquely, and 1 within the 

 apex; abdomen piceous in the middle ; legs pale testaceous. (L. 2f-3 1.) 

 Hedges : Coombe Wood ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devonshire ; S. Wales ; 

 Cramond ; Dalmeny : 5-6. 



2481 oblongo-guttata L. ii. 584 Don. xi. pi. 362. — Ste. M. iv. 378.— 



Somewhat hemispheric ; testaceous-red, shining ; thorax with the disc red- 

 dish, the lateral margins broadly whitish ; elytra with the suture, a spot 

 near the base, a large irregular one on the disc, an oblong one behind, a 

 nearly continuous line on the outer margin, whitish ; legs pale. (L. 3-4 1.) 

 On firs: Ripley; Hertford; S. Wales; N. of England and Scotland: 3-10. 



2482 ocellata L. ii. 582. — Cur. v. pi. 208. — Ste. M. iv. 379. . — Some- 

 what hemispheric ; black ; head and thorax varied with white ; elytra red, 

 with 16 black spots, edged with whitish during life, pale in death, 1 basal, 

 then 3, 3 and 1 , the last elongate : — the legs pale : — the spots on the elytra 

 more or less united, or deficient ; rarely all wanting. (L. 4-5^ 1.) Firs 

 and pines: Ripley; Birch Wood ; Walworth; Stockton; Tynemouth ; Gor- 

 lestone Cliffs: 3-10. 



(2483 f marginepunctata Fab. E. i. 358. — Fz. F. Ixxix. f. 1. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 379. note. — Somewhat hemispheric; reddish; head and thorax lutcous, 

 thickly spotted with black; elytra pale, each with 8 black dots; of which 

 the marginal ones sometimes alone exist. (L. 3 1.) Indicated erroneously 

 as British.) 



2484 7-punctata L. ii. 581. — Wood. i. pi. 10. —Ste. M. iv. 380. pi. xxiii. 

 f. 2. var. — Hemispheric ; black : 2 dots on the forehead, and a patch at 

 the anterior angle of the thorax, white ; coleoptra (both elytra) red, with 

 7 black spots, placed 1 at the scutellum, 3 on each elytra triangularly, i. e. 

 1 on the back, the other 2 on the sides : — 1 or other, or sometimes all, the 

 spots are obliterated; or the elytra are wholly black. (L. 3^-4^ 1.) Gar- 

 dens, &c. throughout the country : 0, ■*-. 



2485 5-punctata L. ii. 582. — Don. ii. pi. 39. f. 1. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 380. 

 — Hemispheric ; black ; 2 oblique streaks on the forehead, and a patch 

 on each anterior angle or the thorax, extending in a narrow streak on the 

 lateral margin, white : coleoptra blood-red, with 5 black dots, placed on 

 each \ common, 1 dorsal, 1 lateral near the apex : — one or other of the 

 dots sometimes wanting, and, in rare instances, 1 or 2 additional spots on 

 the shoulders. (L. 2-3 1.) Hedges, &c. : generally distributed: 4-8. 



(2486 f 3-fasciata L. ii. 580. — Herbst. C. v. pi. 57. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 

 381. note. — Somewhat hemispheric; black; anterior angles of thorax 

 whitish; elytra red, with 3 short black bands. (L. 2^1.) Improperly 

 given as British.) 



2487 22-punctata L. ii. 582. — Don. ii. pi. 39. f. 1. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 381. — 

 Hemispheric ; bright shining sulphur-yellow ; thorax with 5, elytra with 

 10 black dots, placed 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, and 1 marginal one, the latter sometimes 

 wanting, and the others occasionally more or less united ; legs testaceous, 

 thighs blackish at the base. (L. 1^-2 1.) Hedges: amongst nettles, and 

 generally distributed : 0. 



2488 variabilis III. K. i. 447. — Ste. M. iv. 381. — (Don. xii. pi. 428. f. 1, 

 2,3. var.) — Somewhat hemispheric; black or luteous ; margin of the 

 thorax yellow; elytra with a slightly elevated nearly apical transverse line, 

 and more or less spotted with black ; legs pale luteous, thighs with the 



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