1955] 
Chapin — Nova Scotia Coccinellidae 
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Microiveisea misella (Leconte). A single specimen, which 
I refer to this species, differs from the type in that the 
punctation of the elytra seems to be slightly coarser. This 
apparent difference could be due to the difference in age 
of the specimens, the Newfoundland specimen being fresher 
and cleaner than the Leconte type. Otherwise, no differences 
could be noted. 
Hyperaspis novascotiae n. sp. 
A single specimen from Nova Scotia appears to be 
undescribed and is characterized as follows. — 
Female: form very broadly oval, similar to that of H. 
lugubris (Rand.), piceous black, with head, lateral margins 
of pronotum narrowly, and four spots on each elytron, 
yellowish brown. Head and pronotum finely and mod- 
erately densely punctured, very finely alutaceous between 
punctures, pronotum finely margined across base. Scutel- 
lum extremely finely and sparsely punctured. Elytra much 
more coarsely punctured than pronotum except on extreme 
flanks where the punctures are fine and sparse. Each 
elytron decorated with four spots — a triangular spot on 
the humerus which fails narrowly to reach the base but 
which reaches the marginal bead ; a lateral spot, almost 
semicircular, at the beginning of the posterior half of 
the length of the elytron, its outer margin following the 
marginal bead; an apical spot, slightly larger than the 
lateral spot and evenly elliptical, failing to reach the 
apical angle by a little less than its long diameter but 
following the marginal bead; a discal spot, similar in 
size to the lateral spot and located slightly apicad of the 
lateral spot, so that the lateral and discal spots together 
form a row across the elytra which is slightly curved with 
the convexity toward the apices. Under parts dark except 
epipleura of thorax and elytra; anterior and middle legs, 
posterior coxae, tips of femora, tibiae and tarsi pale. 
Metacoxal arcs on first visible sternite semicircular, nearly 
touching posterior margin of sternite. Metasternum and 
abdominal sternites coarsely punctured laterally, finely 
and sparsely punctured along median line. Dimensions'. 
length 2.3 mm., width 1.8 mm. 
Male: unknown. 
