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ARTICULATA: INSECTA. 



FIG. 422. 



FIG. 423. 



Scarabreian, Phanceus carnifex. 

 FIG. 424. 



Goldsmith Beetle, Cotalpa 

 lanigera. Linn. 



FIG. 425. 



Spring-Beetle, Elater 

 oculatus, Linn. 



Buprestis, B. vir- 

 ginica, Drury. 



their eyes, and which are very solid. Their lustre is me- 

 tallic, more or less bronze-like. They are found on trees, 

 and feio-n death when disturbed. In the larva state they 



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are borers. 



The Elaters or Elateridte have a hard body, and their 

 head sunk, to the eyes, in the thorax, and the latter is as 

 broad as any part of the body. In the larva state they 

 are called wire-worms, and in this state they devour roots 

 and wood. In the adult states they have attracted much 

 attention from their springing upward with a jerk after 

 they have been placed upon the back (Fig. 424). 



