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lines long; their antennae, are filiform and granu- 

 lated, and their legs generally short. Their mouth 

 does not terminate in a snout, like those we have 

 before described; but it succeeds in destroying 

 leaves and flowers in great numbers. Their body 

 is oval, and beautifully coloured, either crimson, or 

 blue, golden-green, azure-blue, or variegated. 



Their larvae, or grubs, have six legs, and live 

 mostly upon leaves, until they change into perfect 

 Beetles. 



This family contains a large number of genera, 

 of which one of the handsomest is 



The Gilded Dandy. (Eunolpus auratus.) 



Plato III. Fig. 10. 



Which is found throughout the United States 

 upon the Dogsbane (Apocynum androsaeinifolium), 

 the leaves of which are covered with them in July 

 and August. 



This Beetle is so brilliant, that it is impossible 

 to represent its splendid metallic colours in painting, 

 changing as they do from green to a golden yellow, 

 and from purple to crimson. Its wing-covers would 

 form a beautiful ornament for those fancy-boxes I 

 have before described, as its colours are pre-eminently 

 brilliant and showy. 



