BEETLES. ICT 



(Plate XX., Fig. 37). Eed, with aljout ten black spots, 

 more or less. It is common, and generally distiibuted. 



* C. itnpusiulata, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 38). Yellow, with 

 about eight more or less connected black spots on the elytra, 

 and seven on the pronotum. 



* C. septcmpunctata, Linn., the Seven-spot Lady Bird (Plate 

 XX., Fig. 40). Eed, with some white on the scutellum. Eacii 

 of the wing-cases has three spots, and there is another, comnn m 

 to both wing-cases, on the suture. This and the Two-spot iw^ 

 the commonest species. 



* C. {Halyzia) ocdlata, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 41). Very 

 convex, orange, with numerous black spots generally ringed 

 with yellow. 



* C. {Halyzia) deceinguttata, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 42). 

 Orange-colour, with the sides of the pronotum and five large 

 spots on each of the wing-cases whitish. 



* C. {Halyzia) sedecimptmctata, Linn., the Sixteen-spot Lady 

 Bird (Plate XX., Fig. 43). Eeddish-yellow, with a broad 

 whitish border to the elytra, and eight whitish spots on each. 



* C. (Micraspis) duodecimguttata, Linn., the Twelve-spot Lady 



Bird. (Plate XX., Fig. 44). Yellow, with black spots on the 



pronotum. Wing-cases with nine black spots and a black 



suture. 



Genus Chilooorus, Leach. 



Body not pubescent. Elytra- much broader than the pro- 

 notum at the base. 



* C. renipustulatus, Scriba. (Plate XX., Fig. 45). Black, 

 with a transverse oval red spot on each wing-case, and a red 

 abdomen. 



* C. {Exochomus) quadripustidatus, Linn. (Plate XX., Fig. 46). 

 Black, with four red spots. The colour of the pronotum and 

 of the legs varies. It is locally common. 



