. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 562 THE STUDY OF INSECTS, These beetles are usually polished, and many of them are of brilliant colors. To this family belong the most beautiful beetles known, many appearing as if made of burnished gold or silver, or other metal. The Goldsmith-beetle, Cotalpa lanigera (Co-taFpa la- nig^e-ra).—This is one of our most beautiful species. It measures a little less than one inch in length, and is a broad oval in shape. It is of a lemon-yellow color above, glittering like burnished gold on the top of the head and thorax; the under side of the body is co
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 562 THE STUDY OF INSECTS, These beetles are usually polished, and many of them are of brilliant colors. To this family belong the most beautiful beetles known, many appearing as if made of burnished gold or silver, or other metal. The Goldsmith-beetle, Cotalpa lanigera (Co-taFpa la- nig^e-ra).—This is one of our most beautiful species. It measures a little less than one inch in length, and is a broad oval in shape. It is of a lemon-yellow color above, glittering like burnished gold on the top of the head and thorax; the under side of the body is copper-colored and thickly covered with whitish wool. The Spotted Pelidnota, Pelidiiota punctata (Pel-id-no'ta punc-ta^ta).—This beetle is reddish brown above, with three black spots on each wing- cover and one on each side of the prothorax (Fig. 681). The scutellum, base of the head, and the entire body beneath are of a deep bronzed-green color. The adult is commonly found feeding on the leaves of grape. The larva feeds upon decaying roots and stumps of Fig. 681. • . various trees. The Light-loving Anomala, Anomala lucicola (A-nom'a-la lu-cic'o-la).—This also feeds on the leaves of grape. It resembles the preceding species in form, but is much smaller, measuring only about one third inch in length. It is of a pale dull yellow color; the prothorax is black, margined with dull yellow, and the hinder part of the head and the ventral side of the body are also black; sometimes the abdomen is brown. As this beetle appears early in the summer, it can be safely destroyed with Paris-green, for the subsequent rains will wash the poison from the vines before the fruit ripens. IV. The Rhinoceros-beetles.—The name rhinoceros-beetles was suggested for this group by the fact that in many species the male bears a horn on the middle of the head. In addi- tion to this horn there may be one or more horns on the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that ma
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