As this “ Ladybird ” does not appear to have been pre¬ 
viously described, I placed it in the hands of Mr. Oliver 
E. Janson, of London, England, who 
was good enough to examine it for 
me; and on it proving to be a species 
as yet undescribed of the genus Rodolia iceryce, n. sp. 
Rodolia , it has appeared desirable to 
mark it by a specific name pointing to its serviceable 
habits of destruction of the Icerya —as the Rodolia iceryce , 
Janson, n. sp. I append Mr. Janson’s technical descrip¬ 
tion,* and also give the following more general note of 
appearance with which he favoured me:— 
“ I think if you mention in your description its very 
convex form, its shape a little longer than broad, with 
the thorax narrower than the elytra, and rounded at the 
side, and the very peculiar short flattened legs, with the 
tibiae angulated and grooved for the reception of the 
tarsi, together with the colour (black, with a blood-red 
spot in the centre at the base of the elytra; under side 
and legs red-brown), and the peculiar dusty or powdered 
appearance of the upper side produced by the dense short 
pubescence with which it is clothed, it would he easily dis¬ 
tinguished from any other of the Coccinellidce. , ‘' —O.E. J. 
The slight sketch of the maggot sent by Mr. Bairstow 
shows it to have the somewhat elongate form common to 
larvae of this family, three pairs of claw-legs and jaws 
* Rodolia iceryce, n. sp. — Almost hemispherical, a little longer than 
broad, and slightly narrowed behind; above very finely and closely 
punctured, and rather densely clothed with fine grey pubescence; 
shining black, Avith a large semicircular blood-red spot at the base of 
the elytra, enclosing the scutellum. Head flattened; inner margin of 
the eyes straight; antenn£e, palpi, and labrum, red. Thorax produced 
and rounded posteriorly, truncate in front of the scutellum, strongly 
produced and rounded at the sides, the lateral margin slightly reflexed, 
anterior margin narrowly testaceous. Scutellum elongate-triangular, 
the apex acute. Elytra impressed on each side of the scutellum, the 
humeral callus very prominent, humeral angles somewhat produced 
anteriorly, rounded, and slightly elevated. Under side and legs pale red, 
strongly punctured, and A\ r ith fine grey pubescence ; epipleurse strongly 
concave, black; tibiae strongly emarginate for the reception of the tarsi, 
the outer edge strongly but obtusely angulated and fringed with long grey 
hairs. Length 4 — 5 millim. 
