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COCCINELLID^E. 



Genus 318. COCCINELLA. 



Linnasus, Syst. Nat. edit. i. [script. Coccionetta] (1735). 



1037. Coccinella nmtabilis. 



Coccinella mutabilis, Scriba, Journ. 183 (1790). 

 Adonia mutabilis, Muls., Securip. de France, 39 (1846). 

 Coccinella mutabilis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 461 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 136 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ), sat vulgaris, praecipue ad flores. 



The European C. mutabilis is rather common in Madeira proper 

 and Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group, occurring principally on 

 flowers and at most elevations ; but it has not yet been detected in 

 the Canaries. 



1038. Coccinella 7-punctata. 



Coccinella 7-punctata, Linn., Fna Suec. 477 (1761). 



, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.} 74 (1838). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 462 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 136 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col 422 (1864). 



, Hart., Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141, 142. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to , Des.) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), 

 vulgaris. 



This almost cosmopolitan Coccinella is doubtless universal through- 

 out these Atlantic Groups. It has been taken in all the Madeiran 

 islands except the northern and southern Desertas, as well as in the 

 whole seven of the Canarian archipelago. In Madeira it is called 

 by the inhabitants " Joaninha," and at the Canaries " San Antonio." 

 It is a remarkably constant insect, seldom showing any appreciable 

 tendency to become modified by external influences. 



1039. Coccinella 14-pustulata. 



Coccinella 14-pustulata, Linn., Fna Suec. 502 (1761). 

 , Muls., Securip. de France, 93 (1846). 



-, Woll, Ins. Mad. 462 (1854). 

 -, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 136 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, a Dom. Heineken semel capta. 



The only example of this European species which I have yet seen 

 from these islands was taken, many years ago, in Madeira proper by 

 the late Dr. Heineken. I am doubtful therefore whether it ought 

 to be regarded as more than an accidental introduction from higher 

 latitudes. 





