316 PSEUDOTRIMERA. — COCCINELLIDJE. 



base dusky : — the spots on the elytra are typically \-\, 3, 2, the 5 last 

 placed transversely ; the obliteration or confluence of 1 or more of which 

 causes an extensive series of variations ; the extreme cases being, elytra 

 luteous, spotless, and elytra black, with 10 luteous dots. (L. 2-2§ 1.) 

 Var. ? Co. humeralis Sch'dn. S. ii. 163. — Ste. M. iv. 383. — Elytra black 

 or fuscous, with a pale lunular mark on the shoulder, in rare instances 

 totally obliterated. On oaks and lime trees, every where: • , *. 



2489 eonglomerata Fab. E. i. 372. — Ste. M. iv. 385. — Co^ 14-punctata 

 Herbst. A. pi. 22. f. 5. — Hemispheric ; black ; above ochreous ; elytra 

 with the suture and 7 mostly 4-angular spots black : the spots more or less 

 united, rarely all distinct ; sides of breast and of the abdomen spotted with 

 yellow; legs pale. (L. lf-2^- 1.) Hedges and clover fields: Darenth 

 Wood ; Monk's Wood ; Cambridge ; S. Wales : 5-6. 



2490 14-pustulata L. ii. 585. — Herbst. C. v. pi. 57. f. 17.— Ste. M. iv. 384. 



— Somewhat hemispheric ; black ; forehead with 2 white dots ; thorax 

 with the anterior edge and its angles irregularly whitish yellow ; elytra 

 each with 7 rounded ochreous spots, placed 2 basal, 2 before, and 2 behind 

 the middle, 1 near the tip ; legs pale, thighs and base of tibia? black. (L. 

 2 1.) Hedges: Windsor; Weston; Raehills : 6. 



2491 dispar ///. K. i. 455 Ste. M. iv. 384. — Co. bipunctata, &c. Mart. 



C. pi. 13. f. 17. 24. 22. — Ovate, hemispheric; body and legs black; 

 elytra very narrowly margined, and with 1 black spot, sometimes round, 

 at others oblong, at others accompanied by 1 or 2 minute dots, or a twig 

 of black, which last colour goes on gradually predominating and branch- 

 ing off in a long series of varieties, until the general surface is wholly 

 black ; having put on the various appearances of a band or ring of black, 

 or 7, 6, 4, or 2 red spots on a black ground : sides of the thorax, and 

 occasionally 2 dots on the forehead, white. (L. 2-2^ 1. ) Gardens, hedges, 

 &c. : plentifully distributed throughout the country: 0, *. 



2492 impustulata L. ii. 584. — Ste. M. iv. 385. — Co. conglobata var. 

 Herbst. C. v. pi. 58. f. 15. — Ovate-hemispheric ; black ; head with 2 pale 

 dots, or red with a black line; thorax with the anterior angles white; 

 elytra slightly margined, sometimes with the outer edge, and from 1 to 5 

 spots, reddish: legs black; tarsi dull red beneath. (L. 2 1.) Hedges: 

 Coombe Wood ; Norfolk ; S. Wales ; Scotland ; Cumberland : 6. 



2493 conglobata Fab. E. i. 373. — Ste. M. iv. 385 Co. gemella Herbst. 



A. pi. 22. f. 7. var. — Ovate-hemispheric ; black ; above rosy or yel- 

 lowish ; thorax with 8 black spots, sometimes united ; elytra distinctly 

 margined, the suture and 8 spots frequently confluent, black ; legs testa- 

 ceous : thighs occasionally black. Hedges : Cobham, Surrey : 6. 



2494 hyperborea Pk. F. ii. 38. — Ste. M. iv. 386. — Somewhat ovate ; 

 black ; 2 oblique spots on the forehead ; sides of thorax, and 2 almost 

 united spots opposite the scutellum, white : elytra red, with 2 black bands 

 composed of united spots, placed obliquely, and edged, on each side with 

 whitish. (L. 2fl.) N. of Scotland : 6. 



2495 11 -punctata L. ii. 581. — Don. xvi. pi. 372. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 386. — 

 Somewhat ovate ; black ; forehead with 2 pale spots ; thorax with an irre- 

 gular whitish or ochreous spot on each anterior angle; scutellum black ; 

 elytra red, with 1 — 5 black spots, placed ^, 1, 2, 2, the pairs obliquely : 



— spots sometimes united in pairs, or 1 or more obliterated. (L. 2-2^ 1.) 

 Sandy banks : generally distributed : 6-7. 



2496 hieroglyphica L. ii. 580. — Ste. M. iv. 387. — Co. 3-lineata Herbst. 

 A. ph 22. f. 12. var. — Somewhat ovate; black ; forehead with 2 minute 

 spots, and anterior angles of thorax white ; elytra red, with a longish black 

 streak at the base of the suture, and a flexuous stripe composed of dots, 



