. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. 102 ZOOLOGY. The Rye Chafer {Anisoplia frwticola), somewhat larger than the buckwheat beetle, in other respects very like it, but with a snout-like projection of the thickened skin of the head. Dark bronzy green, whitish on the under side. Wing-covers yellowish brown. On poor sandy soil, on the flowering ears of rye. The beetles gnaw the flowers. [The Garden Chafer (Anisoplia horticola) is closely related to the preceding. The grub is very harmful to pastures.] Family: Elateridae (Click Beetles). ^^ The Click Beetles (Fig. 74) are longish, of equal breadth all
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. 102 ZOOLOGY. The Rye Chafer {Anisoplia frwticola), somewhat larger than the buckwheat beetle, in other respects very like it, but with a snout-like projection of the thickened skin of the head. Dark bronzy green, whitish on the under side. Wing-covers yellowish brown. On poor sandy soil, on the flowering ears of rye. The beetles gnaw the flowers. [The Garden Chafer (Anisoplia horticola) is closely related to the preceding. The grub is very harmful to pastures.] Family: Elateridae (Click Beetles). ^^ The Click Beetles (Fig. 74) are longish, of equal breadth all along, tolerably blunt at the hind end. Neck-shield strongly developed. Antennae " serrated," made up of three- cornered joints. Feet five - j ointed. Looking at the under side a spine may be seen on the hinder margin of the pro-thorax (Fig. 75, 6), and on the meso-thorax (c) a furrow which re- ceives the spiae when the body is extended, but the spine is drawn out of it if the pro- thorax and meso- thorax are lifted up from anything they happen to rest on (Fig. 76). A skipjack that has fallen upon its back first draws its antennae and legs close to its body, and then bends this in such a way that the head and pro-thorax make an angle with the rest of the thorax. 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 Bos, Jan Ritzema, 1850-1928; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. London, Chapman & Hall, Ld.
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