THE LADY BEETLES. 



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hind margin as from the suture; the other has the spot yellow and 

 located much farther from the suture, in usual situation of second 

 spot in proba. 



1000a ( 



Hypekaspis signata btnotata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., V, 1826, 302 ; ibid. II, 34G. 



A variety of signata having the sub- 

 apical spot lacking. Color and struc- 

 ture otherwise exactly as in that spe- 

 cies ; the females a little larger. Length 

 2.3-3.5 mm. (Fig. 192a.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. 

 Hibernates beneath chunks and 

 rubbish in waste places. January 

 6-October 17. Usually regarded as 

 a mere form of signata. Casey, 

 however, gives it specific rank. 



1000b (3112) 



Fig. 192a. a, beetle; b, antennae; c, maxillary palpi 

 d, pupa. (After Forbes.) 



Hyperaspis signata proba Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 V, 1826, 303 ; ibid. II, 347. 

 Resembles signata but smaller and less convex. Head and thorax of 

 male as in that species; elytra with two small subapical reddish-yellow 

 dots and a much larger and deeper red discal spot. Surface more finely 

 punctured. Length 2.3-2.7 mm. 



Lake, Steuben, Knox and Crawford counties ; scarce. May 16- 

 July 10. A large series of specimens will doubtless show signata, 

 binotata and proba to be color forms of one species. 



1001 (3114). Hyperaspis bigeminata Rand., Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. II. 32. 

 Rounded, convex. Black, shining; head with a large yellow frontal 



spot in male, wholly black in female; thorax with a large internally 

 rounded orange spot each side; elytra with a similar circular spot just 

 before the apex. Elytra strongly, thorax more finely punctured. Length 

 2.5-2.8 mm. 



Lake, Marshall, Kosciusko. Putnam and Marion counties ; scarce. 

 May 25-July 4. 



1002 (3115). Hyperaspis pratensis Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. VI. 



1852, 134. 



Broadly oval, subconvex. Black, shining; male with head and broad 

 side margin of thorax yellow ; elytra each with three yellow spots, the larg- 

 est on middle of disk, a marginal one opposite this and one subapical. Tho- 

 rax finely and closely, elytra more coarsely and sparsely punctate. Length 

 3-3.5 mm. 



One in AYebster collection labelled "Ind." Recorded hereto- 

 fore onlv from Kansas. 



