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Linnaeus, and after him Fabricius, and feveral other writers, 

 defcribe this infect as having the fuperior furface yellow with black 

 fpots. This is commonly the colour, but it alfo occurs pretty fre- 

 quently of a reddilh as well as yellow colour, and even fometimes 

 assumes a vermillion tint as brilliant as the common Lady Cow. 

 Coccinella fepteni-punclata. Geoffroy defcribes it as being of a red co- 

 lour. This kind is found among plants ; is faid to inhabit Armoracia, 



F I G. III. 

 COCCINELLA SEPTEM-NOTATA. 



SEVEN-DOT RED LADY COW. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Oblong : wing cafes red with feven black fpots on each : margin 

 ®f the thorax and two dots white. 



Coccinella 7-not at a: oblonga coleoptris rubra: punctis fep- 

 tem nigris, thoracis margine punetifque duobus 

 albis. Fabr. Ent. Syjl. Lp. 1. 275. 43. 

 Pant. Faun. Germ. 187.20. 

 Marjh. Ent. Brit. T. Lp. 153. fp. 11. 



Coccinella mutabilis. Payk. Faun. Suec. 2. 39- 40. 



Coccinella constellata. Lakh. 121.6. 



An elegant fpecies, and not very common. Its habitat unknown. 

 This infea is evidently different from the Linnaean Coccinella 1 -punc- 

 tata, already figured in this work*, but to winch it bears a remote 



jefemblance. , 



* Brit. Inf. PI. 39. f. 5. 



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