LEAP-EATING BEETLES. 



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The life histories of these insects arc for the most part unknown 

 The beetles alone do harm to plants, 

 and it is not yet known where they lay 

 egg-s or where the larvjB feed. The llicc 

 Ilispa is an exception, its life history 

 being- degcribed separately (pay-e 114-). 

 There are a few well marked and fairly 

 common species which may be recognized 

 by almost any one from the figures 

 given here, and there are a number 

 of others which are likely to be found 

 more rarely in particular localities. The 

 Ked Pumpkin Beetle^ is an orange red 

 beetle, not more than one quarter of 

 an inch in length, which is found com- 

 monly attacking melons, gourds, cucum- 

 bers, and other cuciTrbitaceous plants. 

 It is not limited to these plants, but is 

 a common pest in gardens and in small 

 patches of irrigated lands. The ordinary field crops are rarely attacked 



Fig. 235. 

 The Bice Leptispa. {Magnified.) 



Fig. 236. 

 A Tortoise Beetle ; erjf/s {lower left figure) ; larva {middle row) ; pupa {upper right and 



middle) and heefle. 



' 11. Aulacophora fooeicollis. Kust. (Chrysomelida).) 



