Insects injurious to fruits . and of its natural size at 6, has black wing-covers, with alarge reddish spot on each. The Five-Spotted Lady-bird. Coccinella 5-notata var. Californica Mann. Fig. 436 shows the Californian variety of the five-spottedlady-bird, which is a form with no spots. The thorax is Fig. black, with a pale spot on each side, and the wing-covers paleorange. 27 418 IXSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. In addition to the species already named, the following areworthy of mention : Exochomus contrktatus Mnls. This is a small lady-bird,about one-sevei)th of an incii long, of a r
Insects injurious to fruits . and of its natural size at 6, has black wing-covers, with alarge reddish spot on each. The Five-Spotted Lady-bird. Coccinella 5-notata var. Californica Mann. Fig. 436 shows the Californian variety of the five-spottedlady-bird, which is a form with no spots. The thorax is Fig. black, with a pale spot on each side, and the wing-covers paleorange. 27 418 IXSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE ORANGE. In addition to the species already named, the following areworthy of mention : Exochomus contrktatus Mnls. This is a small lady-bird,about one-sevei)th of an incii long, of a red color, with a blackthorax and two black spots on the wing-covers, placed nearthe hinder end. The larva is about one-sixth of an inchlong, yellowish, with black spots and spines. Both the larvaand beetle are useful in destroying scale-insects, and are quitecommon among the orange groves. Scymnus cei^icalis Muls. A hemispherical beetle, aboutone-tenth of an inch long, of a reddish-brown color, withdark-blue wing-covers. Its larva is pale whitish, with a fewscattered hairs, the head small, round, and black. Scymnus bioculatus Muls. The larvae of this beetle havebeen found feeding on the eggs of the mealy-bug; they arecovered with a white secretion, something like the mealy-bugitself, and hence are not ea
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