COCCINELLA. 
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Genus X. — Coccimstla. 
TiiE coccinellae are generally diftinguilhed by fubclavat- 
ed antennas ; the palpi are alfo club-formed, the laft ar- 
ticulation being Ihaped fomewhat like a heart. The 
body is hemifphcrical, the thorax and elytra margined *. 
They are the molt brilliant infects of this order ; fomc 
fcarlet, others yellow, pale green ; and tbele fplendid co- 
lours are finely variegated with fpots. 
When the females of this tribe have been impregnated, 
they depofite their eggs upon the leaves of trees ; and 
from them there are produced larvas that are great de- 
vourers of plant lice. Their chryfalid ftate continues for 
about a fortnight, when they are feen attached to a leaf 
bv the hinder part; their bodies bent and fwollen. 
Their wings, after burftlng the covering, foon become 
hard, and change from their pale colour to the red or 
fcarlet, according to the particular fpecies. Thefe infe£ts 
are hardly ever capable of flight ; their motions appear 
rather like jumping than flying. 
Tiie lady-bird of the Englijb is a be'autiful fpecies be-« 
longing to the tribe of coccinellie ; the elytra are red, 
bordering upon yellow; and adorned with two black 
fpots, one on the middle of each. The colour ot the, 
tinder parts is black. This fpecies is found on the leaves 
Voe. III. 3 B 
* Syfter.ia Nat. p. S79’ 
