TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of Transmittal ii 



Financial Report iii 



Table of Contents vii 



Introduction xiii 



Beetles Injurious to our Fruit-producing Plants 1 



Structure, Metamorphosis, etc 1 



Classification 12 



I. Coleoptera (Typical or True Beetles) 12 



1. Isomera (Similar Joints) 12 



A. Carnivorous Beetles (Adephaga) 14 



Family Cicindelidas or Tiger-beetles 14 



Family Carabidx or Ground-beetles 17 



Family Dytiscida? or Predaceous Water-beetles 24 



Family Gyrinidx or Whirligig-beetles 26 



B. Club-horns (Clavicornia) 27 



Family Hydrophilidne or Water-scavenger-beetles 28 



Family Silphidae or Carrion-beetles 29 



Family Scydmaenidx and Pselaphidx 30 



Family Staphylinidx or Rove-beetles 32 



Family Coccinellidae or Lady-bugs 33 



Family Endomychidfe and Erotylidas 37 



Family Cucujidse 37 



Family Dermestidas or Larder-beetles, Carpet-beetles, etc... 39 



The Raspberry Fruit-worm (Byturus unicolor Say) 41 



Family Histeridae 41 



Family Nitidulidas or Sap-beetles 42 



Family Trogositidai or Cadelles 43 



C. Saw-horns {Serricornia) 44 



Family Elateridx or Snapping, Clicking or Spring-beetles... 45 



Family Buprestidae or Flat-headed Borers 50 



The Divaricated Buprestis (Dicerca divaricata Say) 52 



The Flat-headed Apple-borer (Chrysobothris femorata 



Fab.) 53 



The Red-necked Blackberry-borer (Agrilus ruficoHis 



Fab.) 58 



Family Lampyridse or Fire-flies and Soldier-beetles 62 



Family Cleridx or Checkered-beetles 64 



Family Malachiidar 66 



Family Ptinidae or Death-watch; Cigarette-beetles 67 



The Apple-twig Borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus Say) .... 69 



