460 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



A most abundant Eiu'opean insect, occurring almost everywhere. In Madeira 

 it would seem to be exceedingly rare, and certainly not truly indigenous, — the 

 only example which I have seen (eWdently an imported one) ha^dng been com- 

 municated by the Kev. R. T. Lowe from the collection of the late Dr. Heinecken, 

 l^y whom it was captured many years ago near Funchal. It differs in no respect 

 fi-om the ordinary type, wiiich makes it the more probable that the specimen was 

 accidentally introduced from higher latitudes. 



Sectio X. PSEUDOTRIMERA. 

 Fain.42. COCCINELLIDiE. 



Genus 153. COCCINELLA. (Tab. X. fig. 5.) 



Linuseus, Si/st. Jilit. edit. i. (script. Coccionella) (1735). 



Corpus mediocre, plus minusve heraisphsericum vel ovale, supra glabrum convexum laete maculatum : 

 prothorace transverso, elytrorum ^ix latitudine; prosterno postice (ut in Gastrophjsd) leviter 

 producto : mesosterno ad apicom niodo iutegro, modo emarginato : ehjtris punctatis, baud striatis : 

 alls amplis. Antenna breves clavatfe, ante oculos inserts, articulis primo et secuudo (\\\o prae- 

 cipue) robustis (hoc breviusculo), tertio ad septimum graciUbus latitudine vix crescentibus (tertio 

 quartoque elongatis, quinto paulo breviore, sexto et septiuio brevibus longitudiue sequalibus), 

 reliquis clavam baud abruptam compressam quadriarticulatam efficientibus (idtimo late, apice 

 valde truncato). Labrum aniplum coriaceum trausversum, antice integrum. Mandibulm sub- 

 corneae, basi latae, apice valde incurvfc acutissimse bifidse, margine interno membrana angust& 

 ciliata aucto et basin versus dente acuto robusto instructo. Maonllce bilobae submcmbranaceae, 

 lobis valde pubescentibus, externa apice dilatato. Palpi maxillares valde clavati, articulo primo 

 parvo, secundo et tertio majoribus crassioribus, ultimo maximo incrassato securiformi : labiales 

 setiformes, articulo primo parvo, secundo et ultimo longitudine subsequalibus (illo crasso, hoc 

 gracili cylindrico). Mentum submembrauaceum, basi angustatum, antice latiun integrum, 

 angulis anticis ampliatis. Liyula elongata membranacea, apice truucata. Pedes subretractiles : 

 tibiis simplicibus (baud calcaratis) : tarsis pseudotrimeris (i. e. -i-articulatis, articulo secundo 

 valde bilobo tertium minutissimum recipiente), unguiculis modo ad apicem bitidis, modo ad basin 

 dente lato acuto armatis. 



It is ahnost needless to enumerate the distinctive features of the Coccinellce, — 

 their hemispherical forms and glabrous, prettily spotted surfaces, in which red, 

 black and yellow are the prevailing colours, no less than the popular term of 

 " Lady-Birds," liy which in England* they are universally recognised, being so 

 connected with our earliest associations as to render comment upon them super- 



* Speaking of the CoccincUw, ^Ir. Wcstwood remarks, " it is curious that they have received nearly 

 similar names of famiharity in other countries ; thus in France they are called hetes de la Vierge, caches a 

 Dieu, &c." This is equally the case iu Madeira, where the C. T-punctata is styled Joaninha. 



