INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. 



415 



FIG. 432. 



The pupa is shown magnified at a, in Fig. 432. It is 

 about a quarter of an inch long, of a broad, oval form, and 

 of a dull-yellow color, with orange and black markings. 



The beetle, which is 

 represented magnified at 

 b, and of the natural size 

 at c, in the figure, is almost 

 hemispherical in form, 

 and red, varying in the 

 depth of its hue from a 

 pale-red to a blood-red 

 color. The thorax is 



black, with its margin and two spots of an orange color, the 

 head black, with two pale spots. This species has already 

 been referred to under the name of the plain lady-bird 

 (Fig. 125), under which designation it has long been known 

 in the East. 



The Cactus Lady-bird. 

 Chilochorus cacti (Linn.). 



This beetle is also known to destroy scale-insects. The 

 larva is shown, magnified, at a in Fig. 433. It is black, 



FIG. 433. 



crossed by a light-yellowish band about the middle, and 

 is armed with many long, branching spines. The pupa, also 



