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which prodiici-s morr fjfjfs and ln-giiis fuiothcr life cyi-lr. All of these Nta)(es may 

 he foiiiul throti);hout thi- entire siinuiier and fall months, while the adult forms are 

 found at any season of the ye.ir In Soiithirn ('aliforni.i. 



Coccinella californica Mann. ( kc<l Ladylniil Hectic) 

 (I'ifrnres l!)8 C and I<)<)) 

 A scarlet-red beetle very common throii)rhout this State. Head hiack ; thorax 

 M.iek with white or pale spot on each niar^rin ; elytra oranf{e or scarlet-red with no 

 other marking than a small rhonihoidal dark spot at the middle hase, known as 

 the .scutellar spot. I.eiipth .'i.d to ().() mm., width kO nun. to i.7 mm. l-'eeds on 

 many (litTcrciit species of apliids. 



Figure 199. Coccinella californica. A, :i<liili: 11, eKK>; C. Inrva; D. pupa. 



Hippodamia convergens (lUcr. ( I'.lack SjxHtcd Red Ladybird) 

 ( Figures I i)S B and ■iiH)) 

 Ki'd heetle with twilvc hl.ack spots on the dorsum. Mead lil:iek ; thorax hlaek 

 with two narrow white lateral margins and a very small median »hit<' spot at thi' 

 hase; elytra varying from light to very dark red, each with six hIack spots, the 

 posterior three invari.ably isolated among themselves and usually constant, thi- 

 .interior spots usually sm.allest and variable; scutellar spot black, small: legs black 

 throughout, .\verage length ."■.•,' nnn., .-iver.-ige width .S.'i mm. 



