3 1 8 rSEUDOTRIMERA. COCCINELLID JE. 



the latter gibbous behind and spotless ; body beneath black ; sides of breast 

 and margins of abdominal segments pale red; legs black; tibiae and tip of an- 

 terior thighs testaceous. (L. 1§ 1.) Erroneously described as indigenous.) 



500 SpHiEROSOMA Kirby. 



2505 Quercus Leach. — Ste. M. iv. 391. — Pitchy-black; slightly shining; 

 mouth piceous ; thorax spotless, with a few remote, minute punctures ; 

 elytra thickly and finely punctate ; legs and antennae pitchy-testaceous. 

 (L. |-1 1.) On oaks: London district; Suffolk; Devonshire: 6. 



501 Scymnus Herb st. 



2506 ater Schnei. M. (Kugellan.)i. 548. — Ste. M. iv. 292. — Oval; slightly 

 convex ; black ; shining ; finely punctured ; elytra ample, with an oblong 

 tubercle on the shoulder; tarsi, antenna?, and mouth pitchy. (L. f 1) 

 Whitethorn hedges : Ripley : 7. 



2507 minimus Pk. F. ii. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 392. — Somewhat hemispheric ; 

 black ; finely punctured : tibia? and tarsi, and tip of anterior thighs, palpi, 

 and antenna?, pale testaceous. (L. | 1.) Hedges: Hertford: 6. 



2508 nigricans Herbst. C. vii. pi. 344. — Pz. F. xxiv. f. 12. — Ste. M. iv. 392. 

 — Somewhat hemispheric ; black ; forehead flat ; thorax broadly, but not 

 deeply, notched in front ; elytra large, obtusely rounded behind, very con- 

 vex, clothed with a decumbent griseous pile ; tarsi and antennae pitchy-red. 

 (L. l£ 1.) On firs: Birch Wood; and in Norfolk : 6. 



2509 femoralis Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 392. — Somewhat hemispheric ; black ; 

 elytra ample, very convex, obtusely rounded behind ; the disc clothed with 

 a fine ashy pile ; breast very thickly and coarsely punctured ; tip of ab- 

 domen pitchy; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? rusty-red. (L. f 1.) On firs: 

 Ripley, and in Suffolk : 6. 



2510 parvulus Fab. E. i. 377. — Pz. F. xiii. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 393. — 

 Somewhat hemispheric ; black ; head testaceous-red ; eyes black ; thorax 

 sometimes with the lateral margins broadly testaceous ; elytra with the ex- 

 treme tip slightly red ; terminal segments of the abdomen reddish ; legs 

 reddish-yellow, the hinder thighs dusky at base ; antenna? pale. (L. |- 1.) 



Var. ? Co. fulvifrons Marsh. i. 168. — Ste. M. iv. 393. — Forehead tawny; 

 tips of elytra, and of abdomen, black. Oaks : Hertford ; Camberwell ; 

 Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire; S. Wales; Carlisle: 7-10. 



2511 Colon Thunb. I. S. ix. Ill Ste. M. iv. 393. — Somewhat he- 

 mispheric ; shining black ; slightly pubescent ; elytra each with 2 small 

 luteous spots, placed longitudinally; tip of abdomen reddish. (L. I 1.) 

 Hedges: London district and Wood Ditton: 5-6. 



2512 4-pustulatus Schnei. M. (Kugel.) i. 547.-— Ste. M. iv. 393. — He- 

 mispheric; black; thorax with a reddish spot on each side; elytra each 

 with 2 red spots, 1 of them large and rounded, near the middle, the other 

 smaller and near the tip ; tibiae, tarsi, and antenna? dull red : head, and 

 sides of thorax sometimes yellow. (L. 1^1.) Hedges: Darenth ; Hert- 

 ford; S. Wales: 6-8. 



2513 bisbipustulatus Fab. E. i. 382 Pz. F. xiii. f. 5. ? — Ste. M. iv. 



394. — Somewhat rounded ; slightly convex ; black ; elytra each with 2 

 round red spots, placed one after the other, the hinder one largest ; apex 

 of thighs, tibia?, tarsi, and antenna?, dull red. (L. 1£ 1.) Hedges; rare: 

 London district ; Crwmlyn sand hills : 6. 



2514 bipustulatus Thunb. I. S. ix. 105. — Ste. M. iv. 394. — Co. bipunc- 

 tatus Pz. F. xxiv. fill. — Somewhat oval, shining, black ; mouth and 

 labrum testaceous ; elytra each with a large round pale red spot on the 

 disc, behind the middle; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? testaceous, club of 



