Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . Fig. 135. A® ^^ j^Fig. 134. ^iG. Tiger-beetles and ground-beetles.—Fig. 127, larva of Cicindela. Fig. 128, head of^Vt2«rf^/a, to show mandible. F\%. 129, C. generosa. F\^. izo, C. purpurea. Fig. 131,C. sexguttaia. Fig. 132, C. repanda. Fig. 133, CalOsoma calidum and its larva. Fig. 134,C. scrutator. Fig. 135, Brachinus fumans. Fig. ne, Harpalus caliginosus. Fig. 137,larva of Harpalus, devouring larva of plum-curculio. Fig. 138, Lebia grandis. Allexcept Fig. 135 about na
Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . Fig. 135. A® ^^ j^Fig. 134. ^iG. Tiger-beetles and ground-beetles.—Fig. 127, larva of Cicindela. Fig. 128, head of^Vt2«rf^/a, to show mandible. F\%. 129, C. generosa. F\^. izo, C. purpurea. Fig. 131,C. sexguttaia. Fig. 132, C. repanda. Fig. 133, CalOsoma calidum and its larva. Fig. 134,C. scrutator. Fig. 135, Brachinus fumans. Fig. ne, Harpalus caliginosus. Fig. 137,larva of Harpalus, devouring larva of plum-curculio. Fig. 138, Lebia grandis. Allexcept Fig. 135 about natural size. 167 l68 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. long antennae. Some of them are dirty clay-yellow in color, withthe disk of the wing-covers marked with black or brown. We have only a few species belonging to the genera Carabusand Calosoma, in marked contrast to the great number found inEuropean fields, none of our large forms having found life intilled land tolerable. The species of Calosoma often ascend treesand feed on caterpillars, the term caterpillar hunters havingbeen in consequence applied to them ; but some of the smallerspecies also have simila
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