Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the economicentomolo00smit_0 Year: 1896 196 AA^ ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. The next large series is the La^nellicornia, where the antennae terminate in a lemellate or leaf-shaped club. All the species are feeders upon vegetation, living or dead, green or in a stage of decay, and in all cases the larv^ae are '' white grubs,'' large or small, smooth or hairy, but always ' white grubs.' These can be generally described as having a large, yellow, or brown head, with prominent mandibles and long palpi, legs that are quite long, moderate
Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the economicentomolo00smit_0 Year: 1896 196 AA^ ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. The next large series is the La^nellicornia, where the antennae terminate in a lemellate or leaf-shaped club. All the species are feeders upon vegetation, living or dead, green or in a stage of decay, and in all cases the larv^ae are '' white grubs,'' large or small, smooth or hairy, but always ' white grubs.' These can be generally described as having a large, yellow, or brown head, with prominent mandibles and long palpi, legs that are quite long, moderately stout, with distinct claws at the tip, usually also Fig. 184. Stag-beetles.—i, Lucanus elapJms, male; 2, L. dama, male. clothed with hair, a body that is cylindrical, stout, wrinkled, somewhat curved or even crescent-shaped, ending rather abruptly in a more or less enlarged, obtuse, terminal bulb. As a rule, the color is dirty yellowish white, but it may become pink, greenish, or even blackish, the hinder portion always showing darker because of the excrementitious mass which shows through the transparent tissue. Two families belong to this series, of which the Luca7iidce^ or stag-beetles, are of no economic importance though of much
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