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more or less interrupted or obsolete at times, and sometimes emitting a 

 twig, black. (L. l|-2 1. ) Woods: Coombe Wood; Norfolk; Cardew 

 Mire: 6. 



2497 18-guttata L. ii. 585. — Samou. pi. 2. f. 11. — Ste. M. iv. 387. -— 

 Somewhat ovate ; dull red ; thorax with the sides and 2 spots at the base 

 whitish ; elytra each with 9 luteous spots, placed 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, the 2 basal 

 ones being curved; body griseous beneath. (L. l|-2 1.) On firs : Birch 

 Wood ; Ripley ; Hertford ; Midgley ; Cambridge ; Weston ; S. Wales ; 

 Scotland, &c. : 3-7. 



§ D. — Hippodamia Chevrolat. 



2498 mutabilis III. K, i. 427. — Ste. M. iv. 388. — Co. 7-notata Don. xi. 

 pi. 362. f. 3. var. — Oblong-ovate : black ; margins of thorax and 2 spots 

 at the base ochreous ; elytra red, spotted with black, the spots typically 

 placed 1, 2, 2 obliquely, and 1 and the scutellum black ; the absence of 1 

 or other, and the occasional presence of an additional pair on the shoulders, 

 causing numerous varieties ; antennae, tibia?, and tarsi, and tip of inter- 

 mediate tibia?, testaceous- red. (L. H-2^ 1.) Thick hedges: London 

 district ; Liverpool ; Swansea : 6-8. 



2499 13-punctata L. ii. 582. — Don. xi. pi. 362. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 388. 



— Oblong: black; head tawny in front; thorax with the anterior and 

 lateral edges yellow, the latter each with a black dot ; elytra red, or lute- 

 ous, with typically 13 black spots, placed 1 common, 1 transversely, 2 

 before the middle, 2, and 1 near the tip ; tibiae and tarsi testaceous-red : 

 spots on the elytra more or less obliterated. (L. 3 1.) Amongst reeds, 

 &c. : Battersea fields j Monk's Wood ; S. Wales ; N. of England, and in 

 Scotland: 6-7. 



2500 7-maculata Fab. E. i. 365. — Ste. M. iv. 389 Co. oblonga Herbst. 



A. pi. 22. f. 4. var. — Oblong : black ; head with a 3 -angular yellowish 

 mark ; thorax with the margins narrowly edged with yellow ; elytra red, 

 with a large 3-lobed spot at the scutellum, and 5 large ones on the disc, 

 black; antennae and palpi red. (L. 3 1.) Hedges: Bristol : 6. 



§ E. — Anisostista Chevrolat. 



2501 19-punctata L. ii. 582. — Herbst. A. pi. 22. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 389. 



— Oblong ; black ; above ochreous, tinted with rosy : thorax with 6, and 

 elytra with 19 black spots, the latter placed tj, 1 large, 2, 3 in the middle, 

 2, and 1 ; 1 or more occasionally united or wanting; legs testaceous. (L. 

 1^-2 1.) Damp places, amongst reeds : Hertford; Battersea fields ; Cam- 

 bridge ; S. Wales ; Scotland : 6-7. 



2502 M-nigrum Fab. E. i. 537. — Herbst. C. v. pi. 57. f 1.— Rather 

 oblong ; pale testaceous ; eyes, and some dots on the head, black ; thorax 

 pale testaceous, with an irregular, sometimes interrupted and indistinct 

 angulated black line, resembling the letter M ; elytra occasionally with a 

 dark longitudinal line ; breast black ; legs pale. (L. 2. 1.) On the larch : 

 Birch Wood ; Weston ; Bevington, Herefordshire : 4-6. 



§ F. — Cycnegetis Chevrolat. 



2503 globosa III. K. i. 469. — Ste. M. iv. 389 Don. ix. pi. 362. f. 5. 



var. — Hemispheric ; mostly with wings : head and legs for the most part 

 rusty red ; thorax the same, sometimes spotted with black ; elytra rusty- 

 red, spotless, or with from 1 to 12 black spots, placed 3, 3, 1, 3, 2, and 

 more or less confluent or wanting ; sometimes the apex alone of the elytra 

 is red. (L. 1^-lf 1.) Grassy hedges : widely dispersed : 4-8. 



(2504 f impunctata L. ii. 579. — Pz. F. xxxvi. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 390. 

 var. — Hemispheric : wingless ; head black : thorax and elytra livid red, 



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