. The American entomologist. Entomology. Galerita Larva (after Packard.) May. Not Fuller's Rose-beetle.—John Stewart, Dickson City, Pa.—The beetle which you send, and which you suppose may be the Rose- beetle {Aramigiis ftclleri) has in reality no con- nection with that insect. It is known to en- tomologists by the name of Agonodenis comma Fabr., and belongs to a family of predaceous beetles. Very little is known of the habits of this genus of beetles, be- [Fig. 58.]. Agonoderus comma. yond the fact I hat they usually swarm on warm days of spring and summer. This species is now re- garded as i
. The American entomologist. Entomology. Galerita Larva (after Packard.) May. Not Fuller's Rose-beetle.—John Stewart, Dickson City, Pa.—The beetle which you send, and which you suppose may be the Rose- beetle {Aramigiis ftclleri) has in reality no con- nection with that insect. It is known to en- tomologists by the name of Agonodenis comma Fabr., and belongs to a family of predaceous beetles. Very little is known of the habits of this genus of beetles, be- [Fig. 58.]. Agonoderus comma. yond the fact I hat they usually swarm on warm days of spring and summer. This species is now re- garded as identical with Agonoderus dor- salis Lee, and for the benefit of the rest of our subscribers we reproduce a figure of it from the ist Report of the U. S. Entomo- ogical Commission, in which it was re- ported as swarming in fields infested with. 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 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. New York : Max Jaegerhuber
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