35?^ COCCINLLLA. 



of trees ; and in its larv-a (late is a devourer of planf 

 lice *. 1 he diiFtrent fpecies of thefe animals are known 

 principally by their colour, and the number of fpots with 

 which their vving3 are r.darned; Linnccus has enumerat- 

 ed no lefs th?.n forty-nine kinds. 



* ViJc Rai Itjf. p. S6. 



