. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . ' ; The beetles are usually blackish or bronze brown in color, but sometimes bril- liantly metallic blue, green, coppery, or bronzed, and often we find in the male a prominent, curved horn on the top of the head, and angu- lar processes on the thorax. Other large or moderate-sized spe- cies make holes close to or under droppings in fields, working mostly at A "tumble-bug," Copris Carolina.—a, larva; b, the nio'ht and Icavingf cell in which it
. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . ' ; The beetles are usually blackish or bronze brown in color, but sometimes bril- liantly metallic blue, green, coppery, or bronzed, and often we find in the male a prominent, curved horn on the top of the head, and angu- lar processes on the thorax. Other large or moderate-sized spe- cies make holes close to or under droppings in fields, working mostly at A "tumble-bug," Copris Carolina.—a, larva; b, the nio'ht and Icavingf cell in which it lived; c, pupa; d, female beetle; e to i, structural details. evidences of their Fig. 187. presence in the shape of little piles of fresh dirt next to or even on top of the droppings; cow-dung being the favorite food. These beetles usually have deeply striated wing- covers, are more stockily built than those previously mentioned, and belong to the genus Geofrypes. A series of small, more slender or oblong, black or reddish beetles is often found in considerable num- bers burrowing in or under excre- ment, and these have similar habits and are referable to the genera ApJiodius or Atceniiis. Very often large, clumsy "white grubs" are found in manure heaps, and these are larvae of
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