COCCUS. 1Q5 



female alone appears at present to be known,) is 

 that of the Coccinella tigrina, or small yellow-- 

 spotted Lady-Bird, and at first view has an 

 appearance so little allied to the generality of 

 the Cocci as to make it doubtful whether it 

 reallv belongs to that tribe of insects. The whole 



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animal, (except the eyes, legs, antennae, and ros-^ 

 trum,) being coated, in the most curious manner, 

 in a complete suit of milk-white armour, as if 

 cased in ivory. The divisions or annuli of the 

 back are eight in number, of which the three su- 

 perior ones are each furnished with a small scu- 

 tellum or appendicular piece, which is wanting in 

 the others. The sides are surrounded by project- 

 ing laminae, somewhat in the manner of tortoises 

 or millepedes: the lower surface is composed of 

 angular pieces, disposed nearly as in the former 

 of the above-mentioned animals: the eyes, which 

 are situated just below or on the under side of 

 the antenna?, are bright, and somewhat elevated, 

 not unlike those of a lobster: the colour of the 

 projecting parts, viz. the legs, eyes, antennas, and 

 rostrum, is a fine bright ferruginous or reddish 

 brown. On the lower part of the abdomen the 

 armour, in the figure engraved on the annexed 

 plate, is represented broken off, displaying the 

 wrinkles of the skin, &c. on that part, as well as 

 the remarkable contraction which takes place in 

 consequence of the insect's having deposited part 

 of its ova, many of which I perceived still remain- 

 ing, on breaking this part of the shield : these eggs 



