44 ORDER I. Coccinella. 



Genus X. Coccinella. 



Linn. Syft. Nat. page $jg. 



The antennae of the Coccinella are fub- 

 clavated, or increafe a little in thicknefs 

 towards the end. The laft joint appears as 

 if the end of it was chopped off. 



The palpi are club-formed, the laft ar- 

 ticulation being fhaped fomewhat like a 

 heart. 



The body is hemifphericah 



The thorax and elytra are margined. 



The abdomen, or belly, is flat. 



This genus is fubdivided into fedtions 

 from the colour of the elytra, and of the 

 fpots with which they are adorned, as fol- 

 lows: 



1. Thofe whofe elytra are red or yellow* 

 with black fpots. 



2. Thofe fpotted with white, on a redor 

 yellow ground. 



3, Thofe 



