CHAFERS. 



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The fourth section is the very important one of the 

 Lamellicorncs, or Chafers. Some of these do us little 

 harm, Hke the Stag Beetles, of which the grubs, so far 

 <is I am aware, live in rotten wood ; or, again, the 



Fig. 74. — Field or Garden Chafers : 1 and 2, Anisoplia agricola ; 

 3, A. horticola, nat. size ; 4 and 5, the same, and grub, mag. 



Click or Dor Beetles (Geotrujndcs), which bore down 

 into the ground, especially where droppings are lying 



Fig. 75. — Golden Chafer : Beetle, grub, back of pupa, and earth 

 cocoon. 



in cattle pastures, and carry the dung into the soil as 

 food for their grubs. But there are many kinds, such 

 as the Small May-bug or Garden Chafer {Anisoplia 



