512 



FAMILY XVI. — COCCtNELLIM. 



Throughout the State; frequent, April 1-December 18. The* 

 black subapieal lutiule varies much in size and form, being some- 

 times a large irregular blotch. 



976 ( 3044). Hippodamia glac talis Fabr., Syst. Ent., 1775, SO. 



Oblong-oval. Head black with a triangular yellow spot on center; tho- 

 rax with the pale side margins wider in front and behind, the angular ex- 

 tension of the black area well marked, the discal dashes distinct; elytra 

 reddish with an oblique band Vhind the middle, and a large subapieal spot, 

 black; rarely also a small black dot on the humerus. Beneath black, the 

 ventral segments with a triangular reddish spot on each side. Length 6- 

 7.5 mm. (Fig. 185, c.) 



■ Throughout the State • scarce. March 28-November 9. Prob- 

 ably hibernates. Several specimens were taken beneath rubbish on 

 the beach of Lake Michigan in May. 



*977 (3046). Hippodamia convergens Guer., Icon, du Reg., An., 1846, 321. 



Oblong-oval. Head black, the pale spot on 

 center transverse, reaching the eyes; thorax 

 with a narrow, nearly uniform pale border and 

 two distinct discal bars; elytra reddish with a 

 * common scutellar spot, and six small spots 

 (sometimes partly or wholly obsolete), on each, 

 black. Beneath uniform black. Length 4.8- 

 6 mm. (Fig. 188.) 



Throughout the State; common. April.: ,. 

 Fig. 188. (After Chittenden.) 14-December 20. Hibernates in company* 

 with 13-punctata and parenthesis, beneath chunks and mullein 

 leaves along the borders of cultivated fields. 



977a (3045). Hippodamia conveegens 15-maculata Muls., Spec, 1851, 20. 



A variety of the preceding, distinguished by having all the spots of ely- 

 tra enlarged and partly coalescent, and the black disk of thorax with a dis- 

 tinct angulation on the side as in glacialis. Length 6.5 mm. 



Laporte County; rare. August 26. Known heretofore only 

 from Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. 



Tribe II. COCCTNELLINI. 



The members of this tribe have the front coxal cavities closed; 

 middle coxa? widely separated; base of antennas exposed; body 

 loosely articulated, not very contractile; form usually rounded, 

 sometimes oblong, and the surface never pubescent. It includes 

 those lady-bugs most commonly met with, as the two-spotted lady- 

 bug, Adalia bipunctata, often found in houses, and the nine-spotted 



