COCCINELLID/E. 231 



DESCRIPTION. 



Very like the last, but shorter and more hemispherical. Two subtriangular transverse spots 

 between the eyes, apex of the nose, dot at the sinus of the eyes, and anterior angles of the pro- 

 thorax whitish-yellow; basal band of the elytra broadest at the suture, the two other black spots are 

 of equal size and placed transversely, and each forms an abbreviated band, falling far short of the 

 suture and the lateral margin, so as to be scarcely more than two transverse spots ; scutellar angle 

 of the elytra paler than the rest : the breast has no white spots. In other respects it is exactly 

 like C. b-signata. 



(314) 6. * Coccinella tricuspis. Tricuspidate Coccinella. 



C. ( tricuspis J atra, coleoptris fulvis, fascia communi baseos antice tricuspidi, et duabus apicis abbreviatis, atris ; capite punctis 



duobus, prothoraceque margine antico, angulisque, fiavis. 

 Tricuspidate Coccinella, black ; elytra taken together tawny, with a basilar trlcuspidate band common to both, and two 



abbreviated ones at their apex : prothorax with the anterior margin and angles yellow. 



Length of the body 1\ lines. 



Several specimens taken in the Journey from New York to Cumberland-house. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, punctured. Head with two irregular transverse yellow spots between the eyes : 

 antennas pale rufous, black at the tip : prothorax with the anterior angles and a slender portion of the 

 anterior margin yellow, the black part forming a large three-lobed spot ; the middle lobe being the 

 longest and truncated, the lateral ones shorter and rounded ; elytra tawny-rufous, paler and almost 

 yellow at the base and sides, where there is a black band common to both elytra not reaching the 

 lateral margin, which anteriorly has a double sinus so as to form three triangular lobes or points in 

 the band ; towards the apex of each elytrum is another irregular black band, which reaches neither 

 the suture nor the margin. 



(315) 7. * Coccinella incarnata. Flesh-coloured Coccinella. 



C. (incarnata) supra incarnata ,■ prothorace maculis duabus magnis transversis nigris ; coleoptris maculis undecim, tribus commu- 



nibus, nigris : tarsis abdominisque margine rufescentibus. 

 Flesh-coloured Coccinella, above flesh-coloured; prothorax with two large transverse black spots: elytra taken together 



with eleven black spots, three of which are common to both. 



PLATE VII, FIG. 7. 



Length of the body 2 lines. 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 65°. 



