FAMILY COCCINELLID^:. 137 



Coccixella 20-maculata. ( Plate xi, fig. 4.) 



Color pale honey-yellow, marked with twenty black spots somewhat confluent on the 



middle of the elytra. Insect quite small. 



In some of the plates the green coloring is too deep. There is a variable state of the 



ground color : sometimes it is entirely pale honey -yellow ; in other instances, there is a 



grayish green tinge. 



CoCCIXELLA NOVEMNOTATA. ( Plate xi, fig. 6.) 



Color luteous and reddish, marked with niue black spots ; one common to each elytrum, 

 situated near the base. Thorax black, margined in front with pale honey-yellow : the 

 black portion extends in front towards the head : body black. The color of the elytra 

 is somewhat variable, yellow and reddish predominating each in different individuals. 



COCCIXELLA IMMACfLATA. ( Plate Xl, fig. 9.) 



Color luteous : thorax black, margined with pale honey-yellow or whitish : elytra im- 

 maculate : body black. The flank of the thorax is quadridentate. 

 This insect does not agree with Mr. Say's description in every particular, still it is not 

 so different as to preclude the idea that it is a variety. 



Coccixella eimaculata. ( Plate xi, figs. 10, 11.) 



Color ferruginous, verging into luteous. Thorax varied with black and white ; the yvhite 

 dilated margins being marked with a black dot, the black arranged in the form of 

 two decussating wide lines. Head marked with a central black line, which divaricates 

 posteriorly, or sends off branches to the eyes. Elytra marked usually with a single 

 black dot : body black beneath. 



COCCINELLA TRIOCCLATA. 



The black spot upon the elytra is larger than in the preceding species, and the dilated 

 white margins of the thorax are immaculate : the color of the insect is paler. The abdo- 

 men is black, bordered with rufous. 



COCCIXELLA DUODECIMNOTATA. 



Body black : head black and quadridentate in front, margined with luteous : thorax 

 black, marked with two oblique rectangular spots, and margined yvith luteous. Spots 

 of the elytra twelve, and none of them sutural. 



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