. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 36.—A soldier-beetle, Chauliognathus PENNSYLVANICUS: 0, Larva; b-ll, PARTS OB LARVA enlarged; i, beetle. scale insects. One of these, the famous Vedalia ladybird, destroyed the Icerya scale insect that was ruining the orange orchards of California. An immense family, the rove- beetles (fig. 35) (family Staphy- linida?), have long slender bodies, and the elytra are very short, not half covering the abdomen. The carrion-beetles (Silphidas) (fig. 130) are common around dead animals; they are mostly broad and flat. Some species (family Hydr
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 36.—A soldier-beetle, Chauliognathus PENNSYLVANICUS: 0, Larva; b-ll, PARTS OB LARVA enlarged; i, beetle. scale insects. One of these, the famous Vedalia ladybird, destroyed the Icerya scale insect that was ruining the orange orchards of California. An immense family, the rove- beetles (fig. 35) (family Staphy- linida?), have long slender bodies, and the elytra are very short, not half covering the abdomen. The carrion-beetles (Silphidas) (fig. 130) are common around dead animals; they are mostly broad and flat. Some species (family Hydrophilidse) are aquatic, like the dytiscids of the previous section. The Serricornia includes a few families of beetles (fig. 36) in which the antennas are not en- larged at tip but are ser- rate or saw-like beneath. The body is often elon- gate, with subparallel sides. The head is small, but distinct from above. The legs are quite slender, and the tarsi five-jointed. The adults are often found on flowers or on leaves, but do not eat much. Some of them called click-beetles (fig. 37) (Slateridse), since when laid upon their back they can spring into the air accompanied by a clicking noise. This section also includes the fireflies (family Lam- pyrida?), whose intermittent light on a summer evening is familiar 88552—Bull. 67-09 3. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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