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FAMILY XVI. — C0(.'CINELLID.-T;. 



Thi-ou^hoiit til.' Stale; ftv(|ntMit. April l-Dccemher 18. The 

 black .subapical luiiulc varii's niucii iu size and form, being some- 

 linios a large irregulai- lilotcli. 



97G (3044). HiPPODAMiA gi^cialis Fntn.. Syst. Ent., 1775. SO. 



Ohlonsi-oval. Head black with a Irian.milar yellow sjiot on center; tho- 

 rax with the pale side niar.iiins wider in tront and l)ehind. the angular ex- 

 tension ol" the black area well marked, the discal dashes distinct; elytra 

 reddish with an oblique band behind the middle, and a large subapical sjnil, 

 black; rarely also a small black dot on the humerus. Beneath black, the 

 ventral segments with a triangular reddish spot on each side. Length (»- 

 7.n nun. (Fig. ISO, c.) 



Thronghont the State; scarce. ^larch 28-N()vember 9. Prob- 

 ably hibernates. Sevei-al specimens wei'e taken beneath rubbish on 

 llie beach of Lake Michigan in May. 



=''!)77 (;)(»4(;). Iln'PODAMiA co.nvkrgens Guer., Icon, du Itcg., An., 1846, 321. 



Oblong-oval. Head black, the pale spot on 

 rciitci- transverse, reaching the eyes; thorax 

 witii .-I 11,11 row . iicrirly uniform pale border and 

 I wo distinct discal bars; elytra reddish with a 

 comiiKin scutellar spot, aiwl six small spots 

 (soiiK'timcs ]>artly or wholly obsolete), on each, 

 iil;i(k. r.cncatli uniform black. Length 4.S- 

 r, iiini. ( Fig. ISS.) 



'riirotiglioiit tlie Slate; common. April 



Viii. iHH. (Aficrciiiticiuicno 1 4 -Deceiiil icr 20. Tlibcmates in comi)any 

 with l.'>'-/)ini(l((l(i and /xirt iilln sis, beneath chunks and nndlein 

 leaves along the liorders of cultivaled iields. 



!>77:l |.",04.'. ). lIlPPOUAMIA CONVERGERS l.")-MA( IIATA Muls., SpeC, 1851, 20. 



A variety of the prectMling, distinguislied by having all the spots of ely- 

 Ir.-i enhirged .-ind p.irtly coalescent. and the lihnk disk of thorax with a dis- 

 liiifl angulation on tlie side as in (/Idrinlis. Leiiglh (i.r) mm. 



Laporle Coiintx'; rare. Augiisl 2(). Known heretofore only 

 from ^1 i.ssoiii-i. Kansas and Arkansas. 



'Pribc n. rOCCINFLLINL 



The iiieiiibefs of this tribe havedlie front coxal cavities closed; 

 middle coxa' widely separated; base of aiHeiina' exposed; bod\' 

 loosels' arl ienlaled. nol vei-y coiit rad ile ; form nsiiall_\' rounded, 

 sometimes obhuig. and the surface iicNcr pnbescent. it inclndes 

 those hidy-biigs most commonly met with, as the 1 wo-s[)otte<l lady- 

 bng, A'Idlia hi i>ii lutahi, often found in houses, and the nine-s})otte(i 



