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FAMILY XVI. COCCINELLID^E. 



aa. Thorax black, variegated with pale markings, or red or yellow with 

 black spots. 



c. Body somewhat depressed; thorax red with four distinct black 

 spots, the two hind ones oblique, elongate. 9S0. venusta. 



cc. Body strongly convex. 



d. Elytra reddish without spots; mesosternum truncate in front. 



981. SAXGUINEA. 



dd. Elytra pale brownish-yellow, each with eight small black dots; 

 mesosternum broadly and rather feebly sinuate in front. 



982. ABDOMIXALIS. 



978 (3058). Coccixella 9-xotata Herbst, Kafer, V, 1793, 269. 

 Hemispherical. Head pale, black at base; thorax described 



► ] in key; elytra with one common scutellar spot, and each with 

 )V| four others black, the two front ones the smaller; the spots 

 1 sometimes united into two oblique curved bars. Under sur- 

 Fig. 189. face and legs black, the meso- and meta-epimera white. Length 



(After Riley.) 5.5^7 mm . (Fig. 189.) 



Throughout the State, frequent; especially so in cultivated 

 grounds. January 7 -November 30. Hibernates beneath logs and 

 mullein leaves. 



979 (3056). Coccixella teifasciata Linn., Syst. Nat, Ed. X, 1758, 365. 

 Smaller and more narrowly oval than 9-notata. Head of male white, 



of female with two white spots ; thorax black at base, the apical margin 

 and a broad space at each apical angle, whitish: elytra orange, the sub- 

 basal black band not reaching side margins, the others interrupted at su- 

 ture and each encircled with a narrow pale ring; legs and under surface 

 black, the side pieces of meso- and metasterna white. Thorax finely and 

 sparsely, elytra more coarsely, deeply and closely punctate. Length 4.5- 

 5 mm. (Fig. 191, c.) 



A boreal form of which a single specimen was taken by sweeping 

 near Clear Lake. Steuben County. May 25. Probably occurs spar- 

 ingly throughout the northern third of the State. 



980 ( 3055a). Coccixella vexusta Melsh., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. Ill, 



1846. 175. 



Broadly rounded, feebly convex. Head black, yellow near the eyes: 

 thorax described in key ; elytra red or reddish-yellow, each with five black 

 spots, viz.. two sub-basal, two median and one large subapical, the latter 

 prolonged forward to form a common sutural stripe extending nearly to 

 middle. Length 5.5-6 mm. (Fig. 191, d.) 



A southern species taken in Jennings, Floyd and Crawford coun- 

 ties; scarce.. June 23-July 12. The name a/finis Rand., of the Hen- 

 maw- list was cited in error, and venusta is therefore a distinct 

 species, not a variety. C. nolulala Muls., black above and beneath, 

 thorax with an oblique pale border, elytra each with a transverse 



