. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 96 COLEOPTEKA. Fig. 45. eighth to one inch and three quarters in length; the females heing always much larger than the males. The grubs of this beetle, when fully grown, are as thick as a man's thumb. They live in the trunks and roots of the balm of gilead, Lombardy poplar, and probably in those of other kinds of poplar also. The beetles may frequently be seen upon, or flying round, the trunks of these tree's in the month of July, even in the daytime, though the other kinds of Prionus generally fly only by night. * The
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 96 COLEOPTEKA. Fig. 45. eighth to one inch and three quarters in length; the females heing always much larger than the males. The grubs of this beetle, when fully grown, are as thick as a man's thumb. They live in the trunks and roots of the balm of gilead, Lombardy poplar, and probably in those of other kinds of poplar also. The beetles may frequently be seen upon, or flying round, the trunks of these tree's in the month of July, even in the daytime, though the other kinds of Prionus generally fly only by night. * The one-colored Prionus, Prionus unicohr*10 of Drury (Fig. 45), inhabits pine-trees. Its body is long, narrow, and flattened, of a light bay-brown color, with the head and an- tennae darker. The thorax is very short, and armed on each side with three sharp teeth; the wing-covers are nearly of equal breadth throughout, and have three slightly ele- vated ribs on each of them. This beetle measures from one inch and one quarter to one inch and a half in length, and about three or four tenths of an inch in breadth. It flies by night, and frequently enters houses in the evening, from the middle of July to September. The second family of the Capricorn-beetles may be allowed to retain the scientific name, CERAMBYcnXE, of the tribe to which it belongs. The Cerambycians have not the very prominent jaws of the Prionians; their eyes are always kidney-shaped or notched for the reception of the first joint of the antennae, which are not saw-toothed, but generally * P. cylmdricm of Fabricius. [10 This species was very properly separated by Serville as a distinct genus Orihoioma. — 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 Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856; Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889. Boston : William Whi
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