. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 24 beautiful metallic purple; sometimes, however, it assumes a greenish garb. On either wing cover there is a bent reddish line extended from the outer almost to the inner margin, a dot lower down and another at the extreme tip of the inner margin. It rather delights. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. in chilly weather, and often appears before the snow is well gone. Mr. Bethune says (Rep. Ent. Soc, 1873) that he has caught it in numbers in April, and on one occasion as early as the 17th March, b
. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 24 beautiful metallic purple; sometimes, however, it assumes a greenish garb. On either wing cover there is a bent reddish line extended from the outer almost to the inner margin, a dot lower down and another at the extreme tip of the inner margin. It rather delights. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. in chilly weather, and often appears before the snow is well gone. Mr. Bethune says (Rep. Ent. Soc, 1873) that he has caught it in numbers in April, and on one occasion as early as the 17th March, before the snow was gone. The six-spotted tiger beetle (C. sex-guttata, Fabr.), fig. 6, is a most beautiful insect of a most brilliant metallic green, flecked with three small white spots on each wing cover ; Packard calls these markings " golden ; The hairy-necked tiger beetle (C. hirticollis, Say), fig. 7, is a common species closely resembling, though smaller than, C. vulgaris; it is distinguishable by having whitish hairs on its neck. C. generosa, Dej., (fig. 8), is more strongly marked than the species already mentioned, and is considerably larger. C. 12-guttata, Dej., is smaller than vulgaris, brownish, and decorated with twelve smaller reddish spots. C. pimctulata, Fab., is about the size of C. 12-guttata, and has a row of smaller dots along the inner margin of the wing covers, and a couple of irregular lines on each wing cover. The tiger beetle may well be called a beneficial insect, and is a valuable and should be a valued friend of man, although some of the species living at the sea-shore feed upon small shrimps, to the loss of humanity. Although it does not, like that brilliant murder- ess, the Dragon-fly (to quote again the gushing Michelet) clear the atmosphere of the gnats and flies that torment mankind, still with its crossed daggers, which serve it for jaws, it accomplishes a swift and almost incredible havoc among the smaller insects. We should ta
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