COCCINELLA SP. 331 

no hesitation in feeding upon the pupz. It may be that there 
was a shortness in the supply of the Monoph/ebus scale or 
that the larva is a generally predaceous one. | think the 
reason may probably be the former as it was only the later and 
last of the larvee that were seen acting in this way, but this point 
requires further careful observation. 
