The green June beetle [Cotinis nitida L.] . va has attained full orrow^th it transforms to the nextor pupal stag^e in a substantial oval cocoon or cell (PI. Ill, A ; PI. IV)constructed of earth composed of particles fastened together by aviscid fluid excreted by the larva. At this time the larva loses consid-erable size by the excretion of the fluid, a habit common to many THE GREEN JUNE BEETLE. / forms of beetles. While the outer surface of this cocoon-like cellis rough, the interior is smootli and suggestive of a birds is a protuberant area on one side, presumably on the lowersurfa
The green June beetle [Cotinis nitida L.] . va has attained full orrow^th it transforms to the nextor pupal stag^e in a substantial oval cocoon or cell (PI. Ill, A ; PI. IV)constructed of earth composed of particles fastened together by aviscid fluid excreted by the larva. At this time the larva loses consid-erable size by the excretion of the fluid, a habit common to many THE GREEN JUNE BEETLE. / forms of beetles. While the outer surface of this cocoon-like cellis rough, the interior is smootli and suggestive of a birds is a protuberant area on one side, presumably on the lowersurface, which may be due to the excess of fluid voided by the larvawhile constructing its cell. This cell measures about I inch or 10 nun. in lengtli and ^ inchor 12 mm. in width. THE PUPA. The pupa bears some resemblance to the adult or beetle and iswhite when first formed, changing to light or yellowish brown,afterwards becoming gradually darker, and just before emergence ittakes on some of the metallic green and brownish tints of the Fig. 4.—Distribution of green .Tune lioetle in the United States. It measures about 1 inch in length and half an inch in width. Othercharacters are shown in Plate III, B. DISTRIBUTION AND INJURIOUS OCCURRENCE. The green June beetle {Cotinis jntida) has a wide distributionin the eastern portion of the United States. (Fig. 4.) On theAtlantic coast it ranges from the southern portion of New York Stateto Florida and Texas in the South, and it is found also in the southernportions of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and species continues southward through Missouri, Kentucky, andOklahoma, and probably the remaining southern States, from whichsource, however, there are few records available.^ There is a single 5 The nearest relntod siecies, regions of the Southwest. lutaWis Gory, occurs abundantly in the arid and semi- 8 BULLETIN 891, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. record of the identification of the hu-va from Hol
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