518 FAMILY XVI. — COCCINELLID.^:. 



IX. CiiiLOCORL'S Loach. 1817. (Gr., "lip or la])rum + shield.") 



AlxloiiKMi and oi)ii)l(Mif:i' concave For the femora; tarsal claws 

 toothed. 



*988 (30S0). Chii.ocoius luvi lnerus Muls., Spec, des Col. Trim., 1851, 4G0. 

 ^■J Broadly oval, very convex. Black, shining ; ely- 



tra each with a rounded red spot near the center ; 

 beneath black, the ventral segments red. Elytra 

 finely but distinctly ]>unctured. Length 4-5 mm. 

 (Fig. 102.) 



Fre(|uetit fhfouiiiioul the State. January 



FiK. 192. I>:uva hikI adult. ' ^ , , , ■ , 



(Afdr lorbis.) ,S-Noveinl)( T 20. llibematcs beneath rut)l)isli, 



a.iid on Ihe win.u' on the iirsi warm (h-iys of sprin*;, when it is often 

 to be seen restini"' on the snnny si(h's of i"ails, fence posts, trunks of 

 in'i'<.. etc. A little later ol'ten round on the Howers of the red haw 



{<'r(iJ(i</sis) . 



X. ExocnioMTS Kedt. 1843. ((Irr.. " promintMit • shoulder. ") 



Small rounded convex species having the tarsal claws toothed, 

 hind legs not retractile and color of elyti-a variable-. One species is 

 known from the State. 



980 (3083). ExociiOMUS mar(;inipennis Lee, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., L 1S24. 

 170. 

 Broadly oval, convex, glabrous, shining. Head and thorax black in 

 female, the latter with sides reddish-yellow in male; elytra reddish-yel- 

 low with black markings, which, in the male at hand, consist of two large 

 black siiots on each. Elytra sparsely and tinely punctulate. Male with 

 fifth veiUral segment truncate, disclosing a small sixth segment. Length 

 3 nun. 



Orauge ('onnt\': i-are. June 2. Beaten from foliage of oak. 

 The specimen belongs to C'asey's variety lafiuscuJus, in which the 

 l)lack spots of elytra are sometimes distinct, sometimes united at 

 sutni'e to form transverse bands. A member of the Austroriparian 

 ranna. 



XI. .\\i()x .Mills. 18r)(). (dr.. a classical name.) 



Tlie species ol' this geiins are the largest of the tribe and are 

 strongly convex and suhcompi'essed. They are c.oh)red nearly as in 

 Chilocorv.<i, having the np])er surface deep black with one or two red 

 spots on (^ach elytron; ver\- nearly without puiii'tnres, tln^ thorax 

 being very feebly ])unctat(! neai' the side margins and having the 

 ai)ical margin near the angles alM'ays more or less pale. 



