Tire LADY BEETLES. 529 



d. Form broadly oval ; apical spot not extending over one-flfth the 

 length of suture. 

 c. Apex of elytra dull yellow ; thorax sparsely and obsoletely 

 punctate throughout. (Fig. 196, c.) 1010. frateknus. 



t'c. Apex of elytra reddish ; thorax distinctly and coarsely punc- 

 tate at middle, more finely and sparsely at sides. 



1011. CArDAUS. 



lid. Form oblong-oval ; apical spot comprising nearly a third of the 

 upper area ; last three segments of abdomen yellow. 



1012. RUBEICAXJDA. 



f(\ Elytra narrowly pale at apex. 



f. Thorax partly black. 



g. Legs entirely reddish-yellow; first ventral segment of male 



without pubescence. (Fig. 196, a.) 101.3. collaeis. 



gg. Legs pale, the feiiinra piceous; first ventral segment of male 



with a median .smooth area surrounded by short pubescence. 



1014. PDSCTICOLLIS. 



ff. Thorax entirt^ly yellow. 1015. cervicaus. 



Iih. Klytra entirely blade. 



/(. Species larger, 2-1!.d nun.; I:b<n-ax entirely black. 



lOlG. TE.\EBROSTS. 



hh. Smaller, not over l..j nmi.; front angles of thora.x usually pale. 



nanus. 

 ii'i. Form oblong; thorax narrower at liiisc than base of elylra ; elytra black, 

 each with a small oval red sjiot at center of disk. (Fig. 190, 6.) 



PUNCTATUS. 



1010 (3145). ScYMNUs FEATEKNV.s Lcc, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 



1852, 138. 

 Broadly oval. Piceous black; head black or yellowish; thorax reddish- 

 yellow at sides, with a central piceous spot which is variable in size ; elytra 

 with a yellowish area at apex which never extends along the suture more 

 than a fifth of its length. Abdomen piceous, paler at sides and apex; legs 

 reddish-yellow. Thorax and elytra punctate but not closely nor densely. 

 Length 2-2.5 mm. (Fig. 196, c.) 



Our most common species ; found throughout the State. Hiber- 

 nates. January 6-NovGmber 1. This species includes the form 

 generally listed as lutmorrlwus Lee, the types showing, as stated by 

 Horn, "that they were established on uniques, the differences being 

 merely individual, fratcnuis having the greater extent of yellow on 

 the thorax. ' ' * 



1011 f.S149). ScYMNUS CAUDALis Lec., Agass. Lake Sup., 1850, 238. 

 Broadly oval. Black; head, side margins of thorax, tibife and tarsi 



and large, often somewhat indistinct spot on apex of elytra, dull reddish ; 

 femora piccius. Thorax liiit little more than twice as wide as long, sides 

 modorutoly convergent, evenly enrvcil. Klytra quite eoarsely and closely 

 but not densely innictate. First ventral segment nl' male with a large me- 

 dian area at apex glabrous and impuncdite. Length 2-2,3 mm. 



•Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc, .XXII, 101. 



