r)l4 fa:mit.v xvt.— coccinelltd.t:. 



<iii. 'I'lidi-.-ix Id.Mck. v:iri('.u.ili'(l Willi |>.ilc in;irkiiii;s. or rrd or yt'llow with 

 black spots. 

 c. Body sciiicwii.il (U'luvssod ; thorax rod with four distinct bhick 

 spots, the two hind ones oMi<ni<', rlonj;ate. '.»S0. vknusta. 



cc. liody strongly convex. 



(/. Elytra reddish without spots; niesosternum truncate in front. 



081. SANGUINEA. 



(/(/. Elytra pale brownish-yellow, each with eight small black dots; 

 niesosternum broadly and rather feebly sinuate in front. 



982. ABDOMINALIS. 



1)78 (aO.jS). ( 'o( ci?vEi,i,A 9-NOTATA Ilerbst.. Kafer, V. 1793, 2G9. 



Hemispherical. Head pale, black at base; thorax described 



Ml ill key; elytra with one common seutellar spot, and each with 

 ,[ lour others black, the two front ones the smaller; the spots 

 -1 sometimes united into two oblique curved bars. Under sur- 

 I'ig. 189. face and legs black, the meso- and meta-epimera white. Length 



(After Riley.) r,.5_7 mm. (Fig. 189.) 



Thi'oiio'hout the State, frequent; especially so in cultivated 

 grounds. January 7-Noveniher 30. Hibernates beneath logs and 

 nntllein leaves. 



979 (305G). CocciNELLA TRiFASciATA Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed. X, 1758, 365. 



Smaller and more narrowly oval than 9-notata. Head of male white, 

 of female with two white spots; thorax black at base, the apical margin 

 and a broad space at each apical angle, whitish; elytra orange, the sub- 

 basal Idack band not reaching side margins, the others interrupted at su- 

 liire and each encircled with a narrow pale ring; legs and under surface 

 black, the side pieces of meso- and metasterna wdiite. Thorax finely and 

 sparsely, elytra more coarsely, deeiily and closely punctate. Length 4.5- 

 5 mm. (Fig. 191, c.) 



A liorcal ronii (it wliicli a single sixM-iiiien was lakcn liy sweeping 

 Ileal- Clear liake. Steuben ('(mnt\-. May 25. Probalily occurs spar- 

 ingly lliniuglioiit the norlhern tliii'd of the State. 



9X0 (3055a). (^occiniom.a vknusta Melsh.. I'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Scl., Ill, 

 184(i. 175. 

 r.roadly rounded, feebly convex. Head black, yellow near the eyes; 

 thorax described in key; elytra red' or reddish-yellow, each with five black 

 spots, viz.. two sub-basal, two median and one large subapical, the latter 

 prolonged forward to form a coninioii siitural stripe extending nearly to 

 middle. Length 5.5-0 mm. ( Fig. 191, r/.l 



A sonlhern species hikeii in -Jennings, Floyd and Crawford coun- 



<^ies; scarce. June 23-.Iiily 12. The name af/ini.^i Rand., of the Tleii- 



.haw list was cited in error, and rcmisfn is therefore a distinct 



species, not a variety. ('. iioiidala l\luls., black above and beneath, 



thorax with an oblique pale bordcM-, elytra each with a transverse 



