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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



THE TWO-STABBED LADYBIRD BEETLE. 



Chilocorus iivulnerus Muls. 

 (Pig. 43.) 



The adult beetles are broadly oval in shape and about three six- 

 teentlis of an inch in length. The color is shiny black, with one irregu- 

 lar blood-red spot upon each wing cover. The extreme margins of the 



Fig. 43. — Adult of the two-stabbed 

 ladybird beetle, Chilocorus bivulneriis. 

 Greatly enlarged. (Author's illustra- 

 tion.) 



prothorax are pale. The under side of the abdomen is red. The larva; 

 are dark in color, covered with long forked spines and have a yellow 

 transverse band across the middle. 



This beetle has been found feeding upon the citrus and the long-tailed 

 species, and as it feeds also upon many other scales, it no doubt proved 

 effectual in the subjection of other mealy bugs as well. It is a native 

 species distributed throughout the entire State. 



Hyperaspis lateralis Muls. 

 (Fig. 44.) 



This ladybird beetle is quite generally distributed throughout the 

 State and works principally upon native mealy bugs. The adult beetles 



Fig. 44. — Adult Hyperaspis lateralis. 

 (Jreatly enlarged. (Author's illu.stra- 

 tion.) 



