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to his section, B, elytris, dimidiatis, et quadratis ; 

 therefore if the reference to Dermestes Hemipterus 

 is correct, it evidently belongs to the genus Car- 

 pophilus of Leach. 



Sp. 35. Macroptera. — Illiger thinks that Ma- 

 croptera is a typographical error, and changes the 

 term to Microptera. This insect is compared with 

 Nit. Rnpta, " Statura Nit. Ruptse at paullo minor;" 

 and most likely therefore it is an Ips of the present 

 day. 



Sp. 37. Truncata. — Now a Cateretes of Herbst, 

 and is only a synonym of Cercus Pedicularius, of 

 Fabricius. 



Coccinella, Linneus. 



The next genus to Nitidula is Heterocerus which 

 has already been treated of ; I proceed therefore to 

 Coccinella, which follows it. 



Coccinella, Linneus. 



COCCINELLID/E, Ledcfl. 

 COCCINELLOIDEA, Hope. 



The remaining families likely to fall under our 

 consideration in this fasciculus have been scarcely 

 attended to. The Coccinellidse have been appa- 

 rantly carelessly subdivided, and various names are 

 attached to particular genera; ten of them how- 

 ever will stand. As the differences appear in many 

 instances to be of little value, and as the generic 

 characters are not detailed, I cannot adopt names. 



