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have never seen them plentiful enough to do any 

 great amount of damage. 



Some time in June the female deposits her eggs 

 under the ground, laying them singly, apparently 

 as she digs her w^ay down. She deposits sometliing 

 over a dozen rather long white eggs. The young 

 grubs come out near the middle of July. 



THE JUNE-BUG OR THE MAY-BEETLE 



The June-bug as the boys call it (Fig. 215), 

 usually comes a little before June and is known 

 among the older people as the May-beetle. The 

 young people count it as the biggest fool in the 

 beetle tribe, as it is always bumping and buzzing 

 around and getting itself in trouble, 

 banging its head against the ceiling, 

 singeing its wings and legs over the 

 chimney of the kerosene lamp, and ap- 

 parently never doing anything with any 

 purpose or thought. 



These blundering beetles are of a chestnut- 

 brown color and although the shell feels smooth to 

 the touch, if carefully examined it will be found 

 to be covered with little hollows, dents or dimples 

 about the size of a needle-point. Each of the wing 



