Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . Atomaria ephippiata. Corticaria Cryptophagiis cruceus. There are other, yet smaller beetles found in similar situationsin less numbers, and these belong to allied families. They maybe brown, not more than one-sixteenth of an inch in length, withan oval body and narrow thorax, and then they are probablyspecies of Corticaria ; they may be of similar color, but with thethorax and body more nearly of a width, and then they maybelong to Atomaria or Cryptophagus; or they
Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . Atomaria ephippiata. Corticaria Cryptophagiis cruceus. There are other, yet smaller beetles found in similar situationsin less numbers, and these belong to allied families. They maybe brown, not more than one-sixteenth of an inch in length, withan oval body and narrow thorax, and then they are probablyspecies of Corticaria ; they may be of similar color, but with thethorax and body more nearly of a width, and then they maybelong to Atomaria or Cryptophagus; or they may be equallyminute but flattened, black, with red or yellow spots or bands onthe elytra, and then they probably belong to Litargus. All maybe treated as above suggested. We have a series of robust, small or moderate-sized beetles,usually broad but sometimes narrowly oval, with small retractedhead, slender, moderately long legs, capable of being so closelyfolded upon the breast as to be almost invisible, and with theunpleasant habit of feeding upon dried animal substances, suchas furs, skins, woollens, museum specimens, meats, and the like. 178 AN ECONOM
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