COCCINELLIU.E. — COCCINELLA. 377 



Sp. 3. duodecimpunctata. Hemisphwrica lutea, thorace nigro pundaio, elytris 

 sutura punctis plurihus linedque laterali Jlexuosd nigris- (Long. corp. 

 li-li lin.) 



Co. duodecimpunctata. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 231. No. 2363. 



Hemispheric^ pale luteous : thorax with six black dots, four placed transversely 

 and two in the base, and occasionally two minute ones on the anterior mar- 

 gin above the eyes : elytra each with the suture. Jive distinct round spots and 

 aflexuous lateral line composed of three or four united spots. Mack : body 

 beneath black, with the margin pale : legs pale, femora generally black in 

 the middle. 



Var. /?. Thorax with the two inner spots united into an oblique line. 

 Var. y. Thorax with the spots on each side confluent. 

 Var. S. Thorax with all the spots united. 



Var. t. Elytra with the flexuous lateral line more or less divided into spots; 

 thorax as in Var. a. 



Local, but extremely abundant in grassy banks in certain districts 

 during the spring and early summer months, especially near Hert- 

 ford. ''York."— PF. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Haehills."— iZetJ. W. 

 Little. " Monk's-wood." — C. C. Babington, Esq. " On the sand- 

 hills (near Swansea), not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Cur- 

 wendale." — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 



Sp. 4. quatuordecimguttata. Subhemisphcerica, rufo-tesiacea, thorace utrinque 

 lunula, elytro singula guttis septem albidis sitas 1, 3, 2, 1. (Long. corp. 

 2i— 2| lin.) 



Co. U-guttata. Linne.— Bon. viii. pi. 243. /. 1 — Steph. Catal. 231. iVo.2364. 



Subhemispheric, rufo-testaceous : thorax on each side with a whitish lunule 

 expanding to a blotch on the hinder angle : elytra each with seven whitish 

 spots; placed 1 at the base, then 3 transversely, then 2 also transverse, and 

 1 within the apex : abdomen and breast piceous in the middle. 



Found occasionally in plenty in whitethorn hedges within the 

 metropolitan district, especially in the lanes leading from Birch to 

 Darenth woods: also plentiful in Devonshire; and near Bristol. 

 "York."— IF. C. Hewitson, Esq. « Cramond."— i?eu. W. Little. 

 "Warwick-hall." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " In the woods at Pen- 

 rice." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 5. bissexguttata. Subhemisphwrica j'ulva, thorace utrinque, elytra singula 

 guttis sex albidis 1, 2 ohliquis, 2, 1. (Long. corp. 1| — 2 lin.) 



Co. bissexguttata. Illiger.— Steph. Catal. 231. No. 2365. 



Subhemispheric ; fulvous .or rufo-testaceous : thorax slightly cmarginate ante- 

 riorly, with the lateral margins transparent white: elytra each with six 



