F. W. Nunenmacher.
The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911. Studies amongst the Coccinellidae. No. 3.
Psyche 19(5):149-151, 1912.

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19121 NunenmacherÌÔStudie Amongst the Coccinellidce 149 rather sparsely and finely punctate, punctures a little coarser towards the lateral margin. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax at base; humeral angles prom- inent but rounded; lateral margin slightly sinuate below humeral angles; the punctures representing the strise feebly impressed on the disk but stronger at sides; intervals with a few, scarcely visible punctures. Antennas rather short, the club nearly as long as the preceding joints. Submenturn and gula almost smooth, with onlya few coarse punctures at sides. Prosternum very sparsely punctate. Abdominal segments finely alutaceous, not densely punctate. Length 5 mm. Madeira-Marnor6 R. R. Co. Camp 43. One specimen. I was unable to find a description that would fit this distinct little species.
THE STANFORD EXPEDITION TO BRAZIL, 1911. J. C. BBANNEB, Director.
By F. W. NUNENMACHER,
Piedmont, California.
The following paper consists of a list of the Coccinellidse taken by the Stanford Expedition to Brazil in 1911. The Coccinellid
material of their collection was entrusted to the writer and among the species taken I find two new to science which are described in their proper places in the list.
Genus Epilachna Chevr.
Epilachna gossvpiata Muls. Rio Madeira, Brazil, 2 specimens. Genus Psyllobora Muls.
PsyUobora confluens Fab. CearA, Brazil, 8 specimens. Genus Cycloneda Cr.
Cycloneda sanguinea L. Abunh, Bolivia, 1 specimen. Genus Exocomus Redt.
Exocomus bimaculosus Muls. Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil (Mann and Heath).




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Psyche [October
Genus Brachyacantha Chevr.
Brachyacantha manni sp. nov.
Color: head, thorax, legs and meso-episternum of 8 straw yellow; the posterior portion of the pronotum being piceous with two somewhat rounded prolongations of the same color running forward towards the disk. 9 with head black, a large straw yellow spot on the occiput; pronotum black with anterior angles straw yellow. Elytra shining black with five straw yellow spots on each elytron arranged as follows: a triangular humeral, a large juxta-scu- tellar almost touching the humeral, a large squarish marginal near the middle, an oval spot somewhat behind the middle and placed about half its width from the suture, and a transverse oblong sub-apical spot rather closer to the margin than to the suture. Ventral surface piceous except meso-episternum which is straw yellow.
Form rounded oval, convex. Head thickly and finely punctured; Pronotum a little more coarsely punctured than the head; Elytra not so thickly punctured as the pronotum, the punctures being as a rule about the same size but becoming rather coarser at the sides. Ventral surface; meso- and meta-sternum very coarsely punc- tured, the abdominal segments being much more finely punctured. Length 2 mm.
Width 1.5 mm.
Type d" Q in my collection, cotype in the Stanford University Collection.
Type locality. Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil, 1911, 4 speci- mens (Mann and Heath).
The 8 has the fifth ventral segment deeply excavated almost to the fourth ventral suture, this character bringing the species into Leng's fourth group near B. albifrons Say. The tibia1 spurs are very small and sharply pointed.
This species comes close to
B. propria Kirsch as regards the position of its spots, but can readily be separated by its yellow coloring. I take great pleasure in naming this pretty species for its discoverer, Mr. Wm. M. Mann. Genus Pentilia Muls.
? Pentilia sp.
Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil, 1 specimen in poor condition. Genus Scymnus Kug,
Scymnus sp. Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil, 2 specimens. Genus Ayza Muls.
Azya sp. near A. scutata Muls. Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil, 1 specimen.



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