208. 

 COCCINELLA OCELLATA. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Coccinellidae Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Coccinella septem-punctata Linn. 



CocciNELLA Linn., Fab., &c. 



Jntenncc inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, 

 not so long as the thorax, membranous, clavate, compressed, 

 pubescent, 1 1 -jointed, basal joint short, robust, cup-shaped, 2d 

 ovate, 3d slender, not longer than the 2d, the 5 following short 

 and filiform, the 9th broader obtrigonate, lOth transverse, 11th 

 a little larger than the basal joint, subquadrate (6). 

 Labrum large, pilose, transverse-oval (1). 

 Mandibles subtrigonate, very much rounded externally, acute 

 and bifid at the apex ; membranous and ciliated internally, 

 notched towards the base, one producing an elongated tooth (2) . 

 Maxillce large, terminated by 2 very pubescent lobes, the ex- 

 ternal one being articulated and extending beyond the other. 

 Palpi nearly as long as the antennae and very robust, 4-jointed, 

 basal joint small, truncated obliquely, 2d large, subovate-trun- 

 cate, 3d subquadrate, 4th very large, subsecuriform (3). 

 Mentum coriaceous, subquadrate, narrowed at the base, sinuated 

 anteriorly, the angles lobed. Lip elongated and membranous, 

 except in the centre, dilated and pubescent anteriorly. Palpi 

 arising beyond the middle, neither remote nor long, triarticulate, 

 basal joint small, 2d and 3d of equal length, the former the most 

 robust, the latter ovate (4). 

 Head and eyes small. Thorax transverse, broadest at the base, ante- 

 riorly emarginate, rounded behind. Scutellum very minute. Elytra 

 hemispherical, broader than the thorax. Wings very ample, some- 

 times twice as long as the elytra. Legs short. Tibiae spurred, ex- 

 cepting the anterior pair. Tarsi all 4-jointed, \st and 2d joints 

 dilated and cushioned beneath, the former long, the latter shorter, 

 depressed obovate, dd small, slender, arising from the back of the 2d 

 near the base, 4th as long as the 1st clavate. Claws dilated at the 

 base and notched internally. Pulvilli none (5, afore leg). 



OcELLATA Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 156. n. 484. 



Subhemispherical, thickly and minutely punctured, shining, ru- 

 fous. Head and thorax black, with 2 pale ochreous spots at 

 their base, the anterior and lateral margins of the thorax of the 

 same colour, with a black spot on each side near the posterior 

 angles. Elytra with 9 black spots on each, ocellated with ochre, 

 viz. 2, 3, 3 and a streak near the apex. Thighs and under side 

 black ; tibiae piceous at their base, the apex, tarsi and antennae 

 dull castaneous. 



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