Plate XLV 

 Prairie Species 



Fig. 1. Western Corn Root-worm beetle, Diahrofica loncjicornis. En- 

 larged. 



Fig. 2. Margined Blister-beetle, Epicaufa mnrginatn. 



Fig. 3. Southern Corn Root-worm beetle, Diahrofica 12-puncfaf(i. En- 

 larged. 



Fig. 4. Bill-bug, Splienopltorus venatus. 



Fig. 5. Striped Blister-beetle, Epicauta vittata: a, female beetle; &, 

 eggs; c, young (triangulin) larva; d, second or earaboid 

 stage ; e, contracted scarabffioid stage, natural size : /, 

 searabaeoid stage ; g, coarctate larva, or winter stage. 

 Chittenden, Bull. Bur. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agr. ; h-g, after 

 Riley, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.) 



