COCGINELLA. 377 



Genus X. — -CoccmeUa, 



1 HE coccin^llre are generally dulinguiilied by fubclavaU 

 ed antennae j the palpi are alfo club-formed, the lail ar- 

 ticulation being fhaped fomewhat like a heart. The 

 body is hemirpherical, the thorax and elytra margined *, 

 They are the mofl brilliant infccls of this order ; fome 

 fcarlet, others yellow, pale green; and thefe fplendid co- 

 lours are finely variegated with fpots. 



When the females of this tribe have been impregnated, 

 they depolite their eggs upon the leaves of trees ; TlVl^. 

 from them there are produced larvce tliat are great de- 

 vourers of plant lice. Their chryfalid flate continues for 

 about a fortnight, when ^\\cy are feen attached to a leaf 

 hj the hinder part ; their bodies bent and fwollen. 

 Their wings, after burfling the covA-ing, foon become 

 hard, and change from their pale colour to t!ie red or 

 fcarlet, according to the particular fpecles. Theie infecls" 

 are hardly ever capable of (light ; their mctions appear 

 tather like jumping than flying. 



The lady. bird of the Englijh \s a beautiful fpecies be- 

 longing to the tribe of ccccinellas ; the elytra are red, 

 bordeiing upon 'yellow, and adorned with two black 

 fpots, one on the middle of each. The coiouv of the 

 wader parts is black. This fpecies is found cii the leaves 



Vol. III. 3 3 f>, 



• SyRcnuNat. p. 57>. 



