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beetle, known as the lead cable borer, makes holes in the lead coverings 

 of telephone cables, thus causing short circuits and interruptions in 

 service. The carpet beetles destroy large quantities of carpets, clothing, 

 rugs, and feathers. The so-called buffalo moth (beetle) also destroys 

 carpets, woolen fabrics, furs, and feathers. The saw-toothed grain 



Ti^er Beetle Ground Beetle (Tizry 

 Cicindcla. Ca^rAbus vinc+us CaJosomat 



aoraAlia .scruTaior 



PredaceouaDivin^ y^^^ . Burrowing 



Beetle- IV'acua -Hydrophaur ^ Beetle * 



^k,.,M ^ "■' * \ necrophorua 



^. Peach Borer, ^'^c'^^^a^^ (- ^^ *" Leptinota«V'l(D-linea-ta 

 Dicerca divaricate. ^ "" "Faaaalus cornuiua «>v / 



Eyed Ela-ter 

 AI&U.S oculactua 



lady Beetie . , 



Cocci neila S-noiAta June Bee-tl 



Acorn Weevil 

 B&l&ninua 



Oune, Deetle 

 Fhyliopha^< 



Bcin Veevil Kound-headed Borer 

 ruchua obtecfua oAperda Candida. 



^^ 



Bruc 



Fig. 296. — Common beetles of the order Coleoptera. (Copyright by General 



Biological Supply House, Inc., Chicago.) 



Fig. 297. — Two-spotted ladybird beetle {Adalia bipunctata) of the order Cole- 

 optera. a, Larva; b, mouth parts of larva; c, claw of larva; d, pupa; e, adult; /, 

 antenna of adult (all enlarged). (From Quaintance: The Aphides Aflecting the 

 Apple, U. S. Department of Agriculture; courtesy of Department of Entomology 

 and Plant Quarantine.) 



