ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 



125 



Hippodamia convergens Guer., which is of an orange red, 

 marked with black and wliite. The larva is shown of its 



Fia. 126. 



FiQ. 127. 



Fig. 128. 



natural size at a, its colors being black, orange, and blue, 

 and when full grown it attaches itself to the under side of a 

 leaf and changes to a pupa, which is shown at 6. 



The Spotted Lady-bird, Megilla mamlata (De Fro. 129. 

 Geer) (see Fig. 129), is of a pinkish color, some- 

 times pale red. It has large black blotches, twelve 

 in all, on its wing-cases ; two on one wing-cover are 

 opposite to and touch two on the other. 



Fig. 130 represents the Fifteen-spotted Lady-bird, Anatis 

 IS-punctata (Oliv.), the largest of them all. It is a very 



Fig. 130. 



variable insect; at d, e,f, g, are shown four of the different 

 forms under which it is seen ; a shows the larva in the act 

 of devouring a young larva of the Colorado potato-beetle, 

 to wliich it i:^ also partial, while 6 represents the ]>upa. 



The E^ainted Lady-bird, Harmonia plcta (Rand), is a very 

 pretty little in.sect. (See Fig. 131.) At b it is shown of the 

 natural size, at c enlarged ; it is of a pale straw-color, marked 

 with black, as in the figure. The larva, a, is of a dusky 



