450 



THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



The ladybird feeds principally upon eggs and newly hatched larvae 



of white flies, both in the adult and larval 

 stages. It occasionally also feeds upon the 

 adult insects. 



^Delphashis catalincB was originally 

 described by Dr. Geo. H. Horn, in the 

 Transactions of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society, Vol. 22, 1895, pp. 82-85, as 

 Cryptognatlia catalince, from a single 

 specimen captured on Catalina Island by 

 Professor H. C. Fall. Later Captain 

 Thomas L. Casey placed it in the new genus 

 Delphastus which he described in the 

 Journal of the New York Entomological 



Fig. 143. — Pupal cases of Del- Cir,ni(^Ur Vnl 7 -nr, 111—119 

 phasus catalince on piece of 'J'J'-icLy, v ui. < , pp. -i-J-J- -lj-^. 



bark. (OriginaL) 



*We are indebted to Dr. E. C. Van Dyke of the University of California for look- 

 ing up literature wliich was inaccessible to us. 



