512 FAMILY XVI. COCCTNELLID^E. 



Throughout the State; frequent, April 1-December 18. The 

 black subapieal lunule varies much in size and form, being some- 

 times a large irregular blotch. 



070 (3044). IIii-poDAMiA GLACIALIS Fabr.. Syst. Ent.. 1775, SO. 



Oblong-oval. Head black with a triangular yellow spot on center; tho- 

 rax with the pale side margins wider in front and behind, the angular ex- 

 tension of the black area well marked, the discal dashes distinct; elytra 

 reddish with an oblique band behind the middle, and a large subapical spot. 

 black; rarely also a small black dot on the hnmerus. Beneath black, the 

 ventral segments with a triangular reddish spot on each side. Length 0- 

 7.5 mm. (Fig. 185, c.) 



Throughout the State; scarce. March 28-November 9. Prob- 

 ably hibernates. Several specimens were taken beneath rubbish on 

 the beach of Lake Michigan in May. 



::: !>77 C!l)4(i. HJPPODAMIA COXVKKC;KXS (iuer.. Icon, du Reg., An., 1846, 321. 



Oblong-oval. Head black, the pale spot on 

 center transverse, reaching the eyes; thorax 

 with a narrow, nearly uniform pale border and 

 two distinct discal bars; elytra reddish with a 

 common sen t el la r spot, and six small spots 

 i sometimes partly or wholly obsolete), on each, 

 black. Beneath uniform black. Length 4.8- 

 <; mm. I Fig. INS. 



Throughout the State; common. April 



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Fig. 188. (After chittenden.) 14 December 20. Hibernates in company 

 with i;>-i>i<itctata and pari-iifJh-six. beneath chunks and mullein 

 leaves along the borders of cultivated fields. 



!>77a <:-}045). HIPPODAMIA coxvKRiiKXs 15-MACi'LATA Muls.. Spec., 1851, 20. 



A variety of the preceding, distinguished by having all the spots of ely- 

 tra enlarged and partly coalescent. and the black disk of thorax with a dis- 

 tinct angulation on the side as in <il<tchiHx. Length (5.5 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. August 2(1. Known heretofore only 

 from Missouri. Kansas and Arkansas. 



Tribe II. OO( V1XKLLINI. 



The members of this tribe have the front coxal cavities closed: 

 middle coxa' widely separated; base of antenna' exposed; body 

 loosely articulated, not very contractile; form usually rounded, 

 sometimes oblong, and the surface never pubescent. It includes 

 those lady-bugs most commonly met with, as the two-spotted lady- 

 bug. A'loliii hi/min-ldla, often found in houses, and the nine-spotted 



