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The larvH? when fully developed vary from one-quarter to nearly three- 

 quarters of an inch in length. They are dull black with bright orange or yellow 

 markings on the back. 



The pupa; are amber or reddisli brown with transverse dark bands across 

 the body and numerous dark spots on the dorsum. 



This is the most common form we have in the southern part of the State and 

 is a very important and helpful insect. It is being sent in great numbers by the 

 State Commission to the melon fields of Imperial County to prey upon the melon 

 aphis there as is also Coccinella californica. 



Figure 200. Hippodamia convergens 

 .A. adult; B. eggs; C, larva; D, pupa. 



Coccinella abdominalis Say. (Ashy Gray Ladybird) 

 (Figures 198 A and 201) 

 Gets its common n.iiiic from its gray color. The following is a description 

 after Thos. Casey: 



"Broadly oval and strongly convex, very finely and obsoletely punctulate (the 

 side margins as in Cycloneda) ; upper surface pale brownish-yellow, the head pale 

 and immaculate; pronotum with a basal black spot at two-fifths from the middle 

 and a short transverse spot before the scutellum, also with two posteriorly con- 

 verging black spots at the center and .i narrow elongate spot on the median line 



