COCCINELLIDJE. 5 1 " 



is sixteen-spotted, with three additional rows of dark spots 

 on the abdomen. Tlie bod}^ is broad and flat, with a row of 

 three spines on each side of the abdomen, and is .40 of an 

 inch long. 



In Chiloconis the margin of the elytra is dilated, and the 

 lunate prothorax is rounded behind. C. hivulnerulus Mulsant 

 (Fig. 513) is black, with two yellow spots. 



The genus Scymnus is hemispherical, pubescent, with short, 

 abruptly clavate antennae, I have received from 

 Dr. II. Shimer the larva and adult of Scymnus cer- 

 vicalis Muls. which he found in the holes of insects' 

 boring in the Prickly-ash. The body is subcylin- 

 drical, pale whitish, much longer and slenderer and 

 narrower than in Coccinella, with a small black round head ; the 

 legs are long and slender, more so than in Coccinella. The 

 rings are rather convex, not tuberculated above, 

 tliough provided Avith a few hairs. It is .12 of an inch 

 long. The beetle is reddish brown, with very dark 

 Fife^. 514. Prussian blue elytra, and is .10 of an inch long. 



Epilaclina horealis Thunberg (Fig. 514) is yellowish, witli 

 seven large black patches on each elytron. "The larvje, 

 according to Osten Sacken, are common on the leaves of the 

 pumpkin. It is j^ellow, witli long, brown, branched spines, 

 arranged in rows of six on each segment, except the first tho- 

 racic segment, which has only four. The pupa instead, of 

 spines has short bristles, especially on the thorax." 



Fig. 515. 

 The Pea Weevil (enlarged) 



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