THE COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA. 



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spotted with brilliant black. The larva destroys the foliage, 

 and eats the cellular tissue of the leaves, but does not touch the 

 nervures, so that they look very much like lace work. When 



THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE LADY BIRD. 



( Cocciiiella septevipimdata.) 



about to undergo its metamorphosis the larva hangs itself to a 

 leaf by its tail, and after a time the skin cracks and the nymph 

 may be seen underneath, but it remains thus protected until it 

 is transformed into the beetle. 



The nymph is represented hanging from a leaf, the lan^ae 



