. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. S34 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. small, oval, very shining insects, found in fungi and rotten wood. The elytra are broadly truncate behind, not covering the entire abdomen. The family Phalacrid^ (Pha-lac'ri-dae) includes a small number of very small, convex, shining black beetles, which are sometimes two-spotted or tipped with red. They are found on flowers and sometimes under bark. The family CORYLOPHID.^ (Cor-y-loph'i-dae) includes minute beetles found under damp bark and in decaying vegetable matter. The body is oval or rounded, and in many species is
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. S34 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. small, oval, very shining insects, found in fungi and rotten wood. The elytra are broadly truncate behind, not covering the entire abdomen. The family Phalacrid^ (Pha-lac'ri-dae) includes a small number of very small, convex, shining black beetles, which are sometimes two-spotted or tipped with red. They are found on flowers and sometimes under bark. The family CORYLOPHID.^ (Cor-y-loph'i-dae) includes minute beetles found under damp bark and in decaying vegetable matter. The body is oval or rounded, and in many species is clothed with a grayish pubescence. The wings are wide, and fringed with long hairs. About twenty- five North American species are known. Family COCCINELLID^ (Coc-ci-nerii-dse). The Lady-bugs, These insects are well known to nearly every Child under the popular name given above. They are more or less nearly hemispherical, generally red or yellow, with black spots, or black, with white, red, or yellow spots. The larvae occur running about on foliage; they are often spotted with bright colors and clothed with warts or with spines (Fig. 641). When ready to change to a pupa the larva fastens itself by its tail to any convenient object, and the skin splits open Ftg. 641. Qi^ \y^^ back. Sometimes the pupa state is passed within this split skin, and sometimes the skin is forced back and remains in a little wad about the tail (Fig. 642). With very few exceptions, the lady-bugs are pre- Fig. 642. daceous, both in the larval and adult states. They feed upon small insects and upon the eggs of larger species. The larvae of certain species are known as "niggers" by hop-growers, and are greatly prized by them ; for they are very destructive to the hop-louse. On the Pacific coast the lady-bugs are well known as the most beneficial of all insects. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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