514 FAMITA" XVI. COCCINELLTD^E. 



ad. Thorax black, variegated with pale markings, or red or yellow with 



black spots. 



c. Body somewhat depressed; thorax red with four distinct black 

 spots, the two hind ones oblique, elongate. 980. VENXJSTA. 



cc. Body strongly convex. 



(L Elytra reddish without spots; mesostermnn truncate in front. 



981. SANGUINEA. 



ild. Elytra pair brownish-yellow, cadi with eight, small black dots; 

 iiicsostcniiim broadly and rather feebly sinuate in front. 



9X1'. ABUOMINAUS. 



978 (3058). <'o I.NF.LLA 9-NOTATA Herbst., Kafer, V, 1793, 269. 



Hemispherical. Head pale, black at base; thorax described 

 ^ 1 in key ; elytra with one common scutellar spot, and each with 

 jVf four others black, the two front ones the smaller; the spots 

 sometimes united into two oblique curved bars. Under sur- 

 Fig. 189. face and legs black, the meso- and rneta-epiruera white. Length 



(After Riley.) 5.5.7 mrn . (Fig. 189.) 



Throughout the State, frequent; especially so iu cultivated 

 grounds. January 7-November 30. Hibernates beneath logs and 

 mullein leaves. 



979 (3056). COCCINELLA TRIFASCIATA Linn., Syst. Nat, Ed. X, 1758, 365. 



Smaller and more narrowly oval than 9-notata. Head of male white, 

 of female with two white spots ; thorax black at base, the apical margin 

 and a broad space at each apical angle, whitish ; elytra orange, the sub- 

 basal black baud not reaching side margins, the others interrupted at su- 

 ture and each encircled with a narrow pale ring; legs and under surface 

 black, the side pieces of meso- and metasterna white. Thorax finely and 

 sparsely, elytra more coarsely, deeply and closely punctate. Length 4.5- 

 5 mm. (Fig. 191, c.) 



A boreal form of which a single specimen was taken by sweeping 

 near Clear Lake. Steuben County. May 25. Probably occurs spar- 

 ingly throughout the northern third of the State. 



980 (3055a). COCCINELLA VENUSTA Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., III. 



1846, 175. 



Broadly rounded, feebly convex. Head black, yellow near the eyes ; 

 thorax described in key; elytra red or reddish-yellow, each with five black 

 spots, viz.. two sub-basal, two median and one large subapical, the latter 

 prolonged forward to form a common sutural stripe extending nearly to 

 middle. Length 5.5-6 mm. (Fig. 191, d.) 



A southern species taken in Jennings. Floyd and Crawford coun- 

 f ies; scarce. June 2.'3-.July 12. The name ft/)ini$ Rand., of the Hen- 

 ihaw list was cited in error, and roiusta is therefore a distinct 

 species, not a variety. C. uoiuluia Muls., black above and beneath, 

 thorax with an oblique pale border, elytra each with a transverse 



