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FAMILY XVI. — COCCINELLIDJE. 



IX. Chilocorus Leach. 1817. (Gi\, "lip or labrum + shield.'') 



Abdomen and epipleurae concave for the femora; tarsal claws 

 toothed. 



*988 (3080). Chilocokus bivulnerus Muls., Spec, des Col. Trim., 1851, 460. 



Broadly oval, very convex. Black, shining ; ely- 

 tra each with a rounded red spot near the center ; 

 beneath black, the ventral segments red. Elytra 

 finely but distinctly punctured. Length 4-5 mm. 

 (Fig. 192.) 



Fig. m. Larva and adult. Frequent throughout the State. January 

 (After Forbes.) 8-November 20. Hibernates beneath rubbish, 



and on the wing on the first warm days of spring, when it is often 

 to be seen resting on the sunny sides of rails, fence posts, trunks of 

 trees, etc. A little later often found on the flowers of the red haw 

 (Cratcegus) . 



X. Exochomus Redt. 1843. (dr., "prominent f shoulder.") 



Small rounded convex species having the tarsal claws toothed, 

 hind legs not retractile and color of elytra variable, One species is 

 known from the State. 



989 (3083). Exochomus margijntipennis Lee, Ann. Lyc. Nat Hist., I, 1824, 

 170. 



Broadly oval, convex, glabrous, shining. Head and thorax black in 

 female, the latter with sides reddish-yellow in male; elytra reddish-yel- 

 low with black markings, which, in the male at hand, consist of two large 

 black spots on each. Elytra sparsely and finely punctulate. Male with 

 fifth ventral segment truncate, disclosing a small sixth segment. Length 

 3 mm. 



Orange County; rare. June 2. Peaten from foliage of oak. 

 The specimen belongs to Casey's variety latiusculus, in which the 

 black spots of elytra are sometimes distinct, sometimes united at 

 suture to form transverse bands. A member of the Austroriparian 

 fauna. 



XI. Axion Muls. 1850. (Gr., a classical name.) 



The species of this genus are the largest of the tribe and are 

 strongly convex and subcompressed. They are colored nearly as in 

 Chilocorus, having the upper surface deep black with one or two red 

 spots on each elytron ; very nearly without punctures, the thorax 

 being very feebly punctate near the side margins and having the 

 apical margin near the angles always more or less pale. 



