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BEETLES OF THE GENUS COCCINELLA DOBZHANSKY 



COCCINELLA PROLONGATA Crotch 



Coccinella prolongata Crotch, 1873, p. 371. — Casey, 1899, p. 88. — Johnson, 



1910, p. 64. 

 Coccinella transversoguttata Falderman var. prolongata Crotch, Leng, 1903, p. 199. 

 Coccinella monticola Mulsant var. prolongata Crotch, Leng, 1920, p. 216. 



Figures 10-12.— Male genitalia of Coccinella trifasciata, C. hierogtyphica, and C. undecimpunc- 



tata, respectively. The sipho and the trabes are not represented. 

 FiGUEES 13-20.— Sipho of the different species of Coccinella: 13, C. novemnotata; 14, C. prolongata; 



15, C. californica; 16, C. difficilis; 17, C. hieroglyphica; 18, C. nivicola; 19, C. trifasciata; 20, C. 



undecimpunctata. sc, Siphonal capsule 



More elongately oval than C novemnotata Herbst, moderately con- 

 vex, the sides of the elytra subparallel in the middle of their length, 

 the convexity of the elytra very great in the posterior third of their 

 length. Head black with very large white spots near the eyes, leav- 

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