COCCINELLA. COCCINELLA. 
Generic Character. 
Antennce subclavatoe, trun- 
CcitcC. 
Palpi clava semicordata. 
Corpus hemisphaericum, ab- 
domine subtus piano. 
Antennte subclavated and 
truncated. 
Feelei's with semi-cordated 
tip. 
Bod^ hemispheric, with the 
abdomen flat beneath. 
T 
X HE beautiful genus Coccinella succeeds to that 
of Cassida, and is easily distinguished by its hemi- 
spheric form, having the upper parts convex, and 
the lower flat. The insects of this genus are 
known by the popular name of Lady-Birds, and 
one species in particular is endeared to every one’s 
recollection by irresistibly recalling the ideas of 
the playful amusements of infancy: this is the 
common or seven-spotted I.ady-Bird, Coccinella 
septempunctata of Linnaeus, which, in the advanced 
state of spring, and the middle of summer, makes 
its appearance in every field and garden. It pro- 
ceeds from a larva of a rather disagreeable appear- 
ance, of a lengthened oval shape, with a sharpened 
tail, of a black colour, varied with red and white 
specks, and of a rough surface: it resides on vari- 
ous plants, and changes to a short, blackish, oval 
chrysalis spotted with red, and which gives birth 
