. Insects, injurious and beneficial, their natural history and classification, for the use of fruit growers, vine growers, farmers, gardeners and schools . eetle(Fig. 86) belong to this Family. Notoxus Beetles {Anthicidse).—These are small insects, alittle over two lines long, with filiform antennae ; the claws are Fig. 264. not forked; the thorax is sometimes prolongedin the form of a horn (Fig. 264), which projectsover the head: the neck is usually slender, andthe head can be moved to either side from underthe extension of the thorax. These beetles havebeen known to feed on flowers, and have
. Insects, injurious and beneficial, their natural history and classification, for the use of fruit growers, vine growers, farmers, gardeners and schools . eetle(Fig. 86) belong to this Family. Notoxus Beetles {Anthicidse).—These are small insects, alittle over two lines long, with filiform antennae ; the claws are Fig. 264. not forked; the thorax is sometimes prolongedin the form of a horn (Fig. 264), which projectsover the head: the neck is usually slender, andthe head can be moved to either side from underthe extension of the thorax. These beetles havebeen known to feed on flowers, and have beenfound eating into peaches, apricots, etc. TRIBE II. Bark Beetles.—In these insects the fore coxaenearly or quite touch each other; the head is narrower thanthe thorax, and the antennas are usually quite long andslender. The larvae live in decayed wood. The two principalFamilies are the Cistelidte and the Melandryidse. TRIBE III. Ground Beetles.—In these insects the ante-rior coxas do not touch each other, there are five joints in theabdomen, the antennae are usually moniliform, and the coloris generally black or brown. Fig. 265. Fig. The larvae are more or less cylindrical, and provided withsix legs; they closely resemble the larvse of the Spring-beetles,commonly called Wire-worms; the greater number live in 94 NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. decayed wood, but some kinds, such as the Meal Worm (, a,) are found in granaries, flour mills, etc. They are all included in the Family of Darkling Beetles( Tenebrionidse). The Large Darkling Grape Beetles (Fig. 119),the Meal Worm Beetle (Fig. 265, c), and the Small DarklingGrape Beetle (Fig. 266), belong to this Family. Section III. TETREMERA. In this Section the joints of the feet are usually dilated andbrush-like, and the next to the last joint is usually bilobed;there is occasionally in some small species a rudimentary jointbetween the third and fourth joints. This Section contains a greater number of injurious ins
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