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,LV F.COXOAf/C ENTOMOLOGY. 



Tlic next largv scries is the J^an/e/licor/iia, where tlic antennae 

 terminate in a lamellate or leaf- shaped clul). All the species are 

 feeders upon vegetation, living or dead, green or in a stage of 

 decay, and in all cases the larvae are " white grubs," large or 

 small, smootli or hairy, but always '' white grubs." These can 

 be generally described as having a large, yellow, or brown head, 

 with i)rominent mandibles and long palpi, legs that are quite long, 

 moderatelv stout, with distinct claws at the tip, usually also 



Fig. 184. 



St.iK-bccll 



-I, LiiCiiitUi tiapluts, iiKiic 



/.. liaiini, male. 



clothed with hair, a body that is cylindrical, stout, wrinkled, 

 somewhat curved or even crescent-shaped, ending rather abruptly 

 in a more or less enlarged, obtuse, terminal bulb. As a rule, 

 the color is dirty yellowish white, but it may become pink, 

 greenish, or even blackish, the hinder portion always showing 

 darker because of the excrementitious mass which shows through 

 the transparent tissue. 



Two families belong to this series, of which the Ljicanidcr, or 

 stag-beetles, are of no economic importance though of much 



