. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Agricultural; Zoology, Economic. COLEOPTEEA OR BEETLES. 145 The Lambllicobnia or Cockchafers, The Kosc (fig. 63) and Stag Beetles also belong Cockchafers are called Melolonthidffi, and have a peculiar form of antenna. The common Cockchafer (Alelolontha vulgaris), fig. 6i, a large beetle about an inch long, with brown elytra, having five ridges run- ning down them, and pointed abdomen with black and white alternately down the sides, is often very destructive in both adult and larval stages. The antennfe have seven curious leaf-like lamellae in the
. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Agricultural; Zoology, Economic. COLEOPTEEA OR BEETLES. 145 The Lambllicobnia or Cockchafers, The Kosc (fig. 63) and Stag Beetles also belong Cockchafers are called Melolonthidffi, and have a peculiar form of antenna. The common Cockchafer (Alelolontha vulgaris), fig. 6i, a large beetle about an inch long, with brown elytra, having five ridges run- ning down them, and pointed abdomen with black and white alternately down the sides, is often very destructive in both adult and larval stages. The antennfe have seven curious leaf-like lamellae in the male (e) and six (f) in the female. The larviB (c) are large, white, soft grubs, often over two inches in length, with the end of the body swollen into a large sac, and with a large, brown, horny head, and six almost useless legs in front. They live for two years, feeding on the roots of plants and youn here. The. Fig. 63.—Rose Beetle (Ceionia aurata), and lar- \ (Nicholson.) trees, and. 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and Sons
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