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The Coleoptera are the beetles, including hardbacks, 

 weevils and lady-birds Many insects of this order an* in- 

 jurious to growing crops. Btored grain and household sup- 



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Fig-. 25. Coleoptera. Root borer of sugar-cane. 

 Adult beetle, about natural size, {Original.) 



Fig. 26. Coleoptera. Lime tree bark borer. 

 About \\ timzs natural sizz. (Original.) 



plies. The. root borer of the sugar-cane (Fig. 25), the 

 long-hornei borers (Fig. 23), the grain weevils, and the 



