66 M. Mulsant^s Description of a new species of Coccinea. 
VII. — Description of a new species of Coccinella from New Zea- 
land. By M. Mulsant of Lyon, author of the ^Histoire 
Naturelle des Coleopteres de France.^ Communicated by 
Adam AVhite, F.L.S. 
Coccinella antipodum, Mulsant. Cocc. ovata, glabra, thorace luteo 
lineis duabus obliquis nigris, antice abbreviatis. Elytris virescenti- 
griseis, macula ob triangular! juxta scutellum, linea longitudinal! 
antice et postice valde abbreviata, margineque insequaliter, luteis ; 
pectore rufo ; abdomine nigro ; pedibus luteis. 
Body oval. Head, antennse and palpi of an orange-yellow; 
eyes black; prothorax anteriorly with a bisinuate notch, the 
central portion projecting at least as far as the angles when the 
insect is seen perpendicularly from above, the anterior angles 
projecting in the form of a tooth, subcurvilinearly dilated on the 
sides ; from the apex to the base subrotundate on the posterior 
angles, with the convexity towards the elytra, with narrow raised 
margins on the sides ; moderately convex, smooth, punctate, of 
an orange-yellow, with two longitudinal oblique black lines di- 
verging posteriorly, each connected with the outer third of the 
base, and extending somewhat irregularly to about the anterior 
fourth, corresponding by their outer side to the inner side of the 
eyes. Scutellum triangular, yellow. Elytra one-fourth broader 
anteriorly than the prothorax at its hinder portion, three times 
as long or somewhat more, subrotundate at the shoulders, form- 
ing an oval truncated in front, but an acute ogiv posteriorly, with 
a narrow margin and faint groove near the shoulders ; moderately 
convex, more distinctly punctated than the prothorax; the hu- 
meral sides prominent, of a grayish green, somewhat obscure, and 
ornamented with — 1 . a subtriangular spot near the scutellum ; 
2. an irregular band, taking its rise from the centre of the base, 
broadest in the first half of the sides, where it occupies about a 
sixth of the breadth ; and 3. with a longitudinal line, becoming 
broader posteriorly where it is truncated, and situated near the 
centre ; yellow. Under side of body fawn-coloured on the breast, 
with the venter black; epimera and postpectus of a yellowish 
white ; mesosternum entire ; abdominal plates in the form of a V, 
extending to the hinder margin of the ring : legs of an orange- 
. New Zealand. 
The above detailed description is made from a specimen of 
Coccinella sent to Dr. Joseph Hooker, B.N., by the Bev. William 
Colenso, subsequently to the publication of tlic insects of New 
Zealand in the Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.SS. Erebus and 
Terror.^ Dr. Hooker kindly put into my hands a bottle of in- 
yellow. 
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