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punctured, apical margin testaceous. Beneath black, densely punctured, two 
last segments of the abdomen and feet yellow: the abdominal plates are nearly 
as long as the segment, smooth, except at base, and'extend to the parapleure. 
17. S. caudalis, breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, pubescens, capite thorace- 
que punctulatis, rufis, hoc medio nigro, elytris grossius punctatis, margine api- 
cali, ano, pedibusque rufo-testaceis. Long. :08—:09. 
Lec. Agassiz’ Lake Superior, 238. 
°Scymnus (Pullus) ereperus Muls. Coec. 985. 
Georgia and Rocky Mountains. Very similar to the last species, differs only 
in the punctures of the elytra being larger and less dense, and the spot on the 
thorax less defined, reaching nearly to the apex. The abdominal! plates are as 
in the last, smooth, except at base. I do not feel certain that this is really 
Mulsant’s species; it agrees better with his 8S. fastigiatusy, (936) but the 
abdominal plates are distinctly shorter than the segment. 
18. S. consobrinus, breviter ovalis, convexus, niger densius pubescens, 
capite thoraceque subtilius parce punctulatis flavis, hoc medio nigro, elytris sat 
dense punctatis, margine apicali, ano, pedibusque rufo-testaceis. Long. -08. 
Scymnus caudalistlec. 1. c. 238. 
One male specimen, Lake Superior. Broadly oval, convex, black, covered 
with dense gray hair; head and thorax finely and sparsely punctulate, yellow, 
the latter with a large ill-defined black spot, occupying half the base, and ex- 
tending nearly to the apex, sides rounded, base margined, obtuse in the middle, 
oblique each side. . Elytra tolerably densely, not deeply punctured, apical mar- 
gin testaceous. Beneath black, densely punctured, abdominal plates almost 
reaching the posterior margin of the segment, densely punctured, smooth only at 
the inner margin, tip of the abdomen testaceous. Feet yellow. 
This may be S. fastigiatus, Muls., but as he does not mention the sculp- 
ture of the thorax, or abdominal plates, I cannot be certain of its identity. I 
erroneously considered this as the male of the preceding species. 
19. 8. puncticollis, breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, pubescens, capite 
thoraceque dense subtiliter punctatis, hoc macula laterali testacea, elytris dense 
punctatis, margine apicali, ano, tibiis tarsisque testaceis.. Long. :09. 
One female, Upper Mississippi. Broadly oval, convex, black, covered with 
gray hair. Head finely punctured, mouth testaceous. Thorax black, with a 
small yellow spot at the anterior angles, finely and densely punctured, margined 
at the base, which is obtuse in the middle and obliquely sinuate each side. 
Elytra densely punctured, with a narrow testaceous apical margin. Beneath 
black, densely punctured, abdominal plates extending almost to the posterior 
margin of the segment, punctured, smooth towards the inner margin. Sides and 
tip of the abdomen, tibie and tarsi ferruginous ; femora piceous. 
20. 8. cervicalis, rotundato-ovalis, convexus, breviter dense pubescens, 
niger, capite thoraceque rufis vix subtiliter punctulatis, elytris confertim punc- 
tatis, apice angustissima, ano, pedibusque rufis. Long. :085. 
Muls. Coce. 984. 
Common in the Southern States. Rounded, oval, convex, covered with short 
gray hair. Head very sparsely and finely punctulate, rufous. Thorax rufous, 
scarcely punctulate, base margined, obliquely subsinuate each side, obtuse in 
the middle. _ Elytra shining black, tolerably densely punctured, extreme apical 
margin testaceous. Beneath black, coarsely punctured, last joint of the abdo- 
men rufo-piceous: abdominal plates a little shorter than the segment, smooth, 
punctured at base. Feet rufous. 
21. S. socer, rotundato-ovalis, convexus, breviter pubescens, niger, capite 
thoraceque parce punctulatis, rufis, hoc macula basali nigra, elytris minus dense 
punctatis, apice angustissima, abdominis apice, pedibusque flavis. Long. :07. 
Georgia, one specimen. Very similar to S. cervicalis, but smaller, and less 
densely punctured on the elytra. Rounded oval, convex, covered with short 
gray hair. Head and thorax very sparsely and finely punctured, rufous, the lat- 
ter with a large black spot occupying more than half the base and: reaching 
nearly to the apex; base margined, obtuse in the middle, oblique and scarcely 
sinuated each side. Elytra distinctly punctured, black, shining, with the ex- 
