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LEAF- BEETLES. 



lover of plants and the admirer of well kept parks. This largest 

 of our North American flea-beetles is shown in all stages in the 

 illustration (Fig. 159). It is a rather convex beetle, differing 

 greatly in this respect from other flea-beetles, which are usually- 

 very much flattened. The color of the beetle is a greenish-yellow, 



bb b 



Fig. 161. — Dionycha xaathotnehena, Dalm. — After Division of Entomology, U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture. 



and the wing-covers are marked with dark brown lines and dots. 



Our Minnesota fauna is rich in flea-beetles. Some quite 



large ones are found upon willows ; they are usually yellow, with 



broad or narrow black longitudinal lines upon their wing-covers ; 



Fig. 162. — Haltica biniarginata. Say. — After Division of Entomology, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



