FAMILY COCCINELLIDAE 123 



Hippodamia constellata, Crotch. 



References.— Crotch, Rev. Coccinell. p. 97 (1874): Coccinella constellata. Laich. Ins. Tyrol, i, 121, 6 

 (1781); Coccinella mutabilis, Scriba, J. F., Ent. i, 183, 141 (1790); Adonia 

 muiabilis, Muls. Secur. p. 39, i; A. doubledayi, Muls. Spec. p. 38. i 

 (T.) ; Hippodamia ripicola, Muls. Mon. p. 13, 10 (1866), T. ; Adonia 

 Corsica, Reiche, Ann.fr. ii, 299 (1862); A.bi/urcata, Muls. Voh. p. 28, 

 3; A. kriechbawnii, Muls. Mon. p. 30, 4. 



Habitat.— North-West Himalaya. Crotch ^nves the 

 distribution as India, Central Asia. 



Habits.— I have taken this species commonly in the 



North-West Himalaya in May-June at elevations of 



V'"ia '^^o^sh'Uata 7'°°° ^^' ^° 9'°°° ^^- ^^ ^^ predaceous upon the spruce 



""''"'crotdi!' '' "' and s\\\er-^v Chermes himalayemis, Stebbing, and upon 



N.W. Himalaya, the blue-pine aphis. 



Coccinella. 



The common European seven-spotted ladybird beetle is widely distributed 

 over Northern India, and occurs sparingly further south. It is found up to 

 11,000 ft. in the Western Himalaya. 



Coccinella septempunctata, Linn. 



REFERENCES.-Linn. Syst. Nat. 365, 8 {1758); Muls. SScur. p. 79, 3 (1846); divaricata, Oliv. Ent. vi, 

 p. looi, 21, pi. V, 67 (1808); Muls. Spec. p. 112, 21 (1850). 



Habitat.— Himalaya, North India. 



Habits.— Predaceous in larval and beetle states on Chervies himalayensis, 

 Stebbing, on the spruce and silver-fir, and on the blue-pine aphis {Aphis ? sp.) 

 on the blue pine, both in the Western Himalaya. 



COELOPHORA. 



Coelophora sauzeti, Muls. 

 Reference. — Muls. Mon. p. 281. 



Habitat.— Dehra Dun Plateau, North India. 



Habits.— I have taken both larvae and beetles of this ladybird feeding 

 upon the common peach aphis on peach-trees in the Dehra Dun Plateau 

 in May. 



Chilomenes. 

 Chilomenes sexmaculata, Fabr. 



References.— Fabr. (Coccinella) Sp. Ins. i, 96, 20 (1781) ; Muls. Spec. p. 444. 'l Crotch, Rev. Coccinell. 



p. 180 (1874). 



Habitat.— Dehra Dun Plateau, North India. x\lso reported from Cal- 

 cutta (Sibpur), Behar (Pusa), Ranchi. Said to be common throughout India. 

 Habits.— Predaceous upon the peach aphis in the Dehra Dun Plateau. 



