514 FAMITjY XVI. — COCCJTsTBLLIDiE. 



u(i. Tliornx blac-k, varici^nteil with pale markings, or red or yellow with 

 black spots. 

 v. Body somewhat depressea ; thorax red with four distinct black 

 spots, the two hind ones oblique, elongate. 980. venusta. 



cc. Body strongly convex. 



d. Elytra reddish without spots ; mesosternum truncate in front. 



981. SANGUINEA. 



dd. Elytra pale brownish-yellow, each with eight small black dots; 

 mesosternum broadly and rather feebly sinuate in front. 



982. ABDOMINALIS. 



978 (305S). CocciNEDLA 9-NOTATA Herbst., Kafer, V, 1793, 269. 



Hemispherical. Head pale, black at base ; thorax described 



j^Mt^ 1 in key ; elytra with one common scutellar spot, and each with 



'^•[•iVl four others black, the two front ones the smaller; the spots 



^/'ilirV^-' sometimes united into two oblique curved bars. Under sur- 



Fig. 189. face and legs black, the meso- and meta-epimera white. Length 



(After Riley.) 5.5.7 mm. (Fig. 189.) 



Throughout the State, frequent; especially so in cultivated 

 grounds. January 7-November 30. Hibernates beneath logs and 

 mullein leaves. 



979 (3056). CocciNELLA teifasciata Linn., Syst. Nat, Ed. X, 1758, 365. 

 Smaller and more narrowly oval than 9-notata. Head of male white, 



of female with two white spots ; thorax black at base, the apical margin 

 and a broad space at each apical angle, whitish; elytra orange, the sub- 

 basal black band not reaching side margins, the others inteiTupted at su- 

 ture and each encircled with a narrow pale ring; legs and under surface 

 black, the side pieces of meso- and metasterna white. Thorax finely and 

 sparsely, elytra more coarsely, deeply and closely punctate. Ijength 4.5- 

 5 mm. (Fig. 191, c.) 



A boreal form of which a single specimen was tnl^en by sweeping 

 nciir (Hear Lake, Steuben County. ]\lay 125. Probably occurs spar- 

 ingly throughout the northern thii'd of the State. 



980 (3055a). CocciNELiji venusta iNfelsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, 



1S40, 175. 

 Broadly rounded, feebly convex. Head black, yellow near the e.ves; 

 thorax described in key; elytra red or reddish-yellow, each with five black 

 spots, viK., two sub-basal, two median and one large subapical, the latter 

 prolonged forward to form a common sutural stripe extending nearly to 

 middle. Length 5.5-0 mm. (I'ig. 191, d.) 



A southern species fallen in Jennings, Floyd and Crawford coun- 

 ties; scarce. June 2:5-July 12. The name affivia Rand., of the Hen- 

 ■ihaw list was cited in error, and vcnusia is therefore a distinct 

 siiecics. not a variety. C. noiulata :\luls., black above and beneath, 

 thorax with an oblique pale border, elytra each with a transverse 



