. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. ('olonfs, Metallic Green, Purple and Copper, Fig, 70. The largest and handsomest member of the family is the green Caterpillar-hunter (Calosoma scrutator. Fab.— ' The iieautiful-bodied Searcher '), Fig. 70. It is of the same general shape as the following species, but no wood- cut can convey an idea of its exceeding beauty and bril- liance of colour. The head and thorax are dark purplish black, the latter with a greenish coppery margin ; the wing covers (elytra) are bright and shining green, with f
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. ('olonfs, Metallic Green, Purple and Copper, Fig, 70. The largest and handsomest member of the family is the green Caterpillar-hunter (Calosoma scrutator. Fab.— ' The iieautiful-bodied Searcher '), Fig. 70. It is of the same general shape as the following species, but no wood- cut can convey an idea of its exceeding beauty and bril- liance of colour. The head and thorax are dark purplish black, the latter with a greenish coppery margin ; the wing covers (elytra) are bright and shining green, with fine lon- gitudinal lines and scattered punctures, and a broad, coppery red margin ; the under-side is deep shining green varied with coppery markings: the legs are blackish-brown, in some lights deep purple. This magnificent beetle, as its name implies, feeds upon caterpillars, especially the obnox- ious canker-worm of the United States, sometimes even ascending trees for the purpose ; its larva (or grub) has also the same useful propensities. It is rather a rare insect in Canada, though found occasionally in most parts of Ontario; collectors of insects can often find specimens in summer after a southerly gale,on the outer shore of Toronto Island, which is a famous place for obtaining rare beetles that have been drowned in the lake and washed ashore by the waves. Another caterpillar-hunter, (Fig. 71), belonging to the same genus as the preceding, is quite a common insect in Canada, and can be found in May and June under logs or stoncs,as long as the ground is moist; in the hot dry weather it is not so readily met with. It is called the hot, or glowing Calosoma (C Calidiiin, Fabr,) from the appearance of the wing-covers, which are black with six rows of bright coppery impressed spots, thus bearing a fanciful resemblance to a vessel of coals with a perforated cover. Its general colour is shining black,unrelieved except by the spots just mentioned ; still it is a handsome beetle
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