THE LADY BEETLES. 



515 



Fig. 190. 

 (After Forbes.) 



reddish cross-bar, is a color variety of venusta which has been 

 recorded from near Cincinnati. 



*981 (3064). COCCINELLA SANGUINEA Linn., Cent. Ins., 1763, 11. 



Rounded-oval, somewhat convex. Head black, white in 

 front (male), or with two white spots (female); thorax 

 black with the front, sides and hind angles bordered with 

 white, the front margin sending back three white spurs, the 

 lateral ones sometimes reaching the base; elytra dull red- 

 dish-yellow, without spots, the reflexed margins paler. Be- 

 neath black, the tibiae and tarsi usually paler. Length 4-5 mm. (Fig. 190.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. February 23-October 16. 

 Hibernates in small numbers. Common on flowers of goldenrod in 

 autumn. Our form described above is the var. munda Say. 



982 (3065a). COCCINELLA ABDOMINALIS Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



IV, 1824, 95; ibid. II, 233. 



Pale reddish-yellow ; thorax with seven black dots, five of which form 

 an M-like mark on the disk ; elytra described in key. Length 4.2-5 mm. 

 (Fig. 191, e.) 



A southwestern species listed by both Casey and Leng from 

 "Indiana," without definite locality. I have not seen a specimen 

 from the State, and it occurs probably only in the lower Wabash 

 Valley. 



Fig. 191. Figures of Coccinellini. (After Leng.) 



V. ADALIA Muls. 1851. (NL., an invented name.) 

 Two species, both introduced by commerce, occur in the State. 



*983 (3067). ADALIA BIPITNCTATA Linn., Syst. Nat., 1758, 364. 



Oval. Head with two yellow frontal marks; thorax with an M-shaped 

 black mark on disk, the broad pale margins without a spot; elytra reddish 

 with a round black spot near center of each. Beneath black, the tarsi and 

 sides of abdomen reddish-brown. Thorax finely and indistinctly punctate ; 

 elytra more coarsely punctate. Length 4-5 mm. (Fig. 191, a.) 



Frequent throughout the State. January 1-December 7. Often 

 passes the winter in houses, being found on the walls and windows 

 in late autumn and early spring. Very beneficial and should be 

 protected and allowed to escape in spring. 



