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THE STUD Y OF INSECTS. 



V. The Flower-beetles. The flower-beetles are so called 

 because many of them are often 'seen feeding upon pollen 

 and flying from flower to flower. These beetles are some- 

 what flattened, or nearly level on the back ; the claws 



FIG. 683. -'-The Sugar-cane Beetle. 



of the tarsi are of equal size, and the fore coxae are coni- 

 cal and prominent. Nearly sixty species occur in this 

 country. 



