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female alone appears at present to be known,) is 
that of the Coccinella tigrina, or small yellow- 
spotted Lady-Bird, and at first view has an 
appearance so little allied to the generality of 
the Cocci as to make it doubtful whether it 
really belongs to that tribe of insects. The whole 
animal, (except the eyes, legs, antennas, and ros- 
trum,) being coated, in the most curious manner, 
in a complete suit of milk-white armour, as if 
cased in ivory. The divisions or annuli of the 
back are eight in number, of which the three su- 
perior ones are each furnished with a small scu- 
teilum or appendicular piece, which is wanting in 
the others. The sides are surrounded by project- 
ing laminas, somewhat in the manner of tortoises 
or millepedes: the lower surface is composed of 
angular pieces, disposed nearly as in the former 
of the above-mentioned animals: the eyes, which 
are situated just below or on the under side of 
the antennae, are bright, and somewhat elevated, 
not unlike those of a lobster: the colour of the 
projecting parts, viz. the legs, eyes, antennae, and 
rostrum, is a fine bright ferruginous or reddish 
brown. On the lower part of the abdomen the 
armour, in the figure engraved on the annexed 
plate, is represented broken off, displaying the 
wrinkles of the skin. Sec. on that part, as well as 
the remarkable contraction which takes place in 
consequence of the insect’s having deposited part 
of its ova, many of which I perceived still remain- 
ing, on breaking this part of the shield ; these eggs 
