■PHI': l,\t>^■ RKKTf.Kfi. 



515 



reddish ci'dss lull', is ;i coloi' \;incly 

 rciMirdcd from ncjir ( 'iii('iiiii;il i. 



rrinishi wliirli li;i.s hccii 



*!t,Sl (;!UG4). Cocc1im:li^\ sAisc.i kma Linu., Cent. Ins., IK'.."!. 11 



Kouiulcd-oval, somewhat convex. Head black, white in 

 front (male), or with two white spots (lemale) ; thorax 

 liiack with tlie front, sides and liind angles bordered witli X. 

 w tiilc, I he front margin sending l)ack three white spurs, the ■ ^ 

 lateral ones sometimes reaching the base; elytra dull red- 

 dish-yellow, without spots, the reflexed margins paler. Be- 

 neath black, the tibia? and tarsi usually paler. Length 4-5 mm. (Fig. 190.) 



Tliroiiiilumt the Stato; fre(iiiont. February 23-October 16. 

 lliheniiitcs in small iiumhers. Coiinnon on flowers of goldenrod in 

 auliimii. Our form described above is the var. nmnda Say. 



KM' (;!0(i.'.a). CocciNELiA ABDOMiNALis Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 IV, 1S24, 95; ibid. II, 2:!y. 

 I'ale reddish-yellow; thorax with seven black dots, five of which form 

 an M-llke mark on the disk; elytra described in key. Length 4.2-5 mm. 

 (Fig. 191. e.) 



A southwestern species listed by l)oth Casey and Leng from 

 "Indiana," without definite locality. 1 have not seen a specimen 

 from the State, and it occurs probably only in the lower Wabash 

 Valley. 



Fis. 191. FiKUies of Cucciiiflliiu. (.Afu-r Lt-ugj 



\'. AoATJA Muls. 1851. (NL.. jdi invented name.) 



Two sjx'cies. both introduced l>y commerce, occur in the State. 



"^\)'6'A (o0<)7). AiJAi.iA BiPi NcrATA Linn.. Syst. Nat., 1758, 304. 



Oval. Head with two yellow frontal marks; thorax with an M-sbaped 

 black mark on disk, the broad pale margins witliout a sijot; elytra reddish 

 with a round black spot near center of each. Beneath black, the tarsi and 

 sides of abdomen reddish-brown. Thorax finely and indistinctly punctate; 

 elj'tra more coarsely punctate. Length 4-5 mm. (Fig. 191, a.) 



Fre([uent throughout the State. January 1-December 7. Often 

 passes the winter in houses, being Found on the walls and windows 

 in late autumn and early spring. V'ery beneficial and should be 

 protected and allowed to escape in .spring. 



