THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



221 



THE VEDALIA. 



Nocitis cardinalis ^Nlnls. 

 (Fig. 220.) 



General Appearance. — Slightly less than one quarter of an inch in 

 length and oval in shape. The color pattern is very pronounced and 

 striking, being red and black, as shown in Fig. 220. In the females 

 red predominates while in the males there is more black. The larvae 

 are often over one half of an inch long and lead-gray in color M^ith 

 reddish sides. They are often covered with whitish powder from the 

 egg-sacs of the cottony cushion scale. 



Pig. 220. — The vedalia (Novhis cardinalis Muls. ). Upper left picture shows eggs 

 laid upon the egg-sacs of the cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi Mask.) ; upper 

 riglit, adult beetle. In the lower picture A, adult beetles; B. pupee ; C, larvae; D, 

 cottony cushion scale to show comparative size. (Oiiginal. Drawing of adult by 

 Birdnekoff. ) 



