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LAMELL1CORN-BEETLES. 



tracts the beetles, but that in doing so we may aggravate the 

 evil in some cases by bringing them to the more valuable trees 

 planted near our houses, in which case the females, are certain 

 to deposit their eggs in our lawns. 



Among the Shining Leaf-chafers, which resemble May- 

 beetles in form, but are separated from them by the possession of 

 tarsal claws of unequal size, one claw in each pair being larger 

 than the other, (see Fig. 99), we find species of brilliant colors 



Fig. 98. — Anomala undulata Welsh. - 

 Enlarged. After Harris. 



Fiy. 99— Anomala tnarginata. Fab.; 

 A. lucicola. Fab., and en'arged tarsal 

 claws. After Lintner. 



and markings. This is especially true of tropical species, which 

 contain some of the most beautiful beetles known. They possess 

 wing-covers and bodies apparently made of gold, silver, or other 

 metal. Most of such beetles are also of medium size ; others are 

 large, sometimes very large. But few species are found in Min- 

 nesota, and none of them are very destructive. 



THE LIGHT-LOVING ANOMALA. 



(Anomala lucicola Fab.). 



This beetle feeds upon the leaves of grape and other plants. 

 It is a robust insect, long oval in form, measuring about one-third 

 of an inch in length. It is of a pale yellowish-brown color, the 

 prothorax is either uniform in color, or black, margined with dull 

 yellow ; the posterior part of the head and the ventral side of 

 the body are black, but sometimes the abdomen is brown. The 

 beetles vary greatly in color and markings ; some are almost 



