. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. Lady-bird, Coccinella novemnotata Herbst, one of our com- monest species, which is found almost everywhere; it is of a brick-red color, and is ornamented with nine black spots. The Two-spotted Lady-bird, Adalia bipunctata (Linn.) (Fig. 124), is also extremely common. This is very similar in color to the nine-spotted species, but in this one there is only a single spot on each wing-case. In the figure the insect is shown magnified. Fig. 125 represents the Plain Lady-bird, Oydoneda san- guinea (Linn.)
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. Lady-bird, Coccinella novemnotata Herbst, one of our com- monest species, which is found almost everywhere; it is of a brick-red color, and is ornamented with nine black spots. The Two-spotted Lady-bird, Adalia bipunctata (Linn.) (Fig. 124), is also extremely common. This is very similar in color to the nine-spotted species, but in this one there is only a single spot on each wing-case. In the figure the insect is shown magnified. Fig. 125 represents the Plain Lady-bird, Oydoneda san- guinea (Linn.). This is somevvhat smaller in size than the last two species named, of a lighter shade of red, and without any spots on its wing-cases. It is known also as Coccinella munda. The Comely Lady-bird, Coccinella venusta Mels. (Fig. 126), is pink, with ten large black spots, the hinder ones being united together. The Thirteen-spotted Lady-bird, Hippodamia 13-punctata (Herbst), is shown in Fig. 127 ; it is larger than C sanguinea, and has thirteen black spots on a brick-red ground. In Fig. 128, c, is represented the Convergent Lady-bird,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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