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black, while the tiiorax is usually more or less red or yellow 

 Our common cloxer-feeding species is L. mozardi. It is rarely 

 that any species becomes abundant enough to do noticeable in- 



FiG. 151. 



Lan'guria mozardi. — a, egg ; b, larva in clover stem ; c, larva ; d, pupa ; <?, adult. 



jury ; but in clover, if a sufficiently large infested area occurs, 

 prompt close cutting or turning under the sod will be most 

 effective in checking present and preventing future injury. 



The CucujidcB are elongate and very much flattened beetles, 

 fitted to live under bark of trees or in the narrow crevices where 



Silvanus suriuamcnsis. — a, beetle; b, pupa; c, larva. 



they are usually found. Some of the species of Silvan2is, notably 

 vS. surinamensis, a brown species, hardly more than one- eighth 



