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FAMILY XVr. — COCCI NKIJJD.l!:. 



Knox County; raiv. July 2. A sontliorn form known hereto- 

 fore from I\raryland. South Carolina and Ohio. 



Tribe VII. EPILACHNINI. 



Tills trilie is rei)resented in the United States l)y two or three 

 lai'uc pnbcscent species, l)elonging to the single genus Epilachna. 

 They have the margin of the elytra rather strongly retiexed; epi- 

 pleune horizontal, broadly eoncave; legs moderately reti'actile; 

 tarsal elaws cleft, Ihe lower cusp being nearly as long as the upper 

 one. One species occurs sparingly in southern Indiana. 



XIX. EpiL.vcriNA Chev. 1844. (Gr., "above + woolly hair. ") 



1019 (3171). Epilachna boreaus Fab., 8.vst. Ent., 1775, .82. 



Very broadly oval. Pale (irani^e yclbiw. sliiiiing, the pubesceuoe short, 

 rather abundant. 'I'luirnx willi ;in apical and basal black spot on the nie- 



Kig. 197. Epilachna bnreaiin: n, larva; h. pupa; r, adult beetle; (/, egg; f, surface of same. All higlily 

 niagiiifieJ. (After ('hitteiuleii,"Bull. XIX, Div. Ent., U. S. Dep. Agr.) 



dian line, the basal the larger, and one at each side near the margin. Ely- 

 tra each with seven black spots, three sub-basal, three median and one sub- 

 apical, the last named the largest; the inner sub-basal and median on each 

 side uniting to tonji two common sutural spots. Metasternum blackish, legs 

 pale. Length 7-S mm. (Fig. 197.) 



Orange, Pcri'y. Crawford and Posey eounties ; frequent. April 

 0-No\-enibi'r !>. 'i'ak-en beneath bark in early spring and late fall, 

 and at other limes on foliage. Hibernates in large colonies beneath 

 leaves in low grtmnd. This insect, known as the "squash lady- 

 liird." presents a remarkable exception in food luibits to other mem- 

 bers of the CoccinclJida'. the lar\a' being hci'bivoroiv^ and feeding 

 npon llic Icax'cs ol* |)nnipkin. sipiasli and allied |>lants. It is yel- 

 low. ani!c(l witli forked spines, and feeds npon the lower side of the 

 leaf, wliile III" adnll nsnally feeds upon the upper snrface. They 

 fii'sl niai'k oiil a circle (m- seniicii-cle on the leaf and then feed within 



