512 



FAMILY XVI. — COCCINJJLLIDiE. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April l-Deeember 18. The 

 black subapical lunule varies much in size and form, being some- 

 times a large irregular blotch. 



976 (3044). IIjppodamia gli\.cialis Falir., Syst. Ent., 1775, SO. 



<)li](nig-uv;il. Head black with a triangular .vellow spot on center; tho- 

 rax with the pale side margins wider in front and behind, the angular ex- 

 tension of the black area well marked, the discal dashes distinct; elytra 

 reddish with an oblique band behind the middle, and a large subapical spdt. 

 black ; rarely also a small black dot on the humerus. Beneath black, the 

 ventral segments with a triangular reddish spot on each side. Length G- 

 7.5 mm. (Fig. 185, c.) 



Throughout the State; svnrec. JMareh 28-November 9. Prob- 

 abl.y hibernates. Several specimens were taken l)eneath rubbish on 

 the beach of Lake ^lichigan in Mny. 



*!)77 (3040). HirpoDAMiA co^vergeks Ouer.. Icon, du Reg., An., 184C, 321. 



Oblou;,'-(ival. Head black, the pale spot on 

 center transverse, reaching the e.ves ; thorax 

 with a narrow, nearl.v uniform pale border and 

 two distinct discal bars; elytra reddish with a 

 common s c u t e 1 1 a r spot, and six small spots 

 (sometimes partly or wholly obsolete), on each, 

 black. Beneath uniform black. Length 4.S- 

 mm. (IMg. 18S.) 



Throughout the State ; common. April 

 l-t-Dccember 20. Hibernates in company 

 with 13-punctata and parcnthetiis. beneath chunks and mullein 

 leaves along the borders of cultivated fields. 



'.)77a (3045). Hippodamia convekuexs 15-maculata Muls., Spec, 1851, 20. 

 A variety of the preceding, distinguished by having all the spots of ely- 

 tra enlarged and partly coalescent, and the black disk of thorax with a dis- 

 tinct angulation on the side as in glacinUs. Length 0.5 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. August '2(i. Known heretofore only 

 from Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. 



Fig. 188. (After Chittenden.) 



Tribe II. COCCINELLINI. 



The nienihcrs of this li'ibe have the front coxal cavities closed; 

 middle co.xa' widely separated; liasc of antennae exposed; body 

 loosely articidated. not very contractile; form usually rounded, 

 someliiiics obloiit;'. and the siirlacc never pubescent. It includes 

 those lady-litius most commonly met with, as the two-spotted lady- 

 bug, Adalia hipunctaia, often found in houses, and the nine-spotted 



