ORDER I.—BEETLES. 61 
ative classes throughout the year. Hence in France, Ger- 
many, Moravia, and Hungary they sow peas in gardens, 
and cultivate them in extensive fields. 
Leaf Eaters (Chrysomeline). 
The Lear Eaters are another species of noxious Bee- 
tles, who feed mostly on leaves or flowers. They are quite 
small, from three to five lines long; their antenne are fili- 
form and granulated, and their legs generally short. Their 
mouth does not terminate in a snout, like those we have 
before described; but it succeeds in destroying leaves and 
flowers in great numbers. Their body is oval, and beauti- 
fully colored, either crimson or blue, golden-green, azure- 
blue, or variegated. Their larve, or grubs, have six legs, 
and live mostly upon leaves, until they change into perfect 
Beetles. 
This family contains a large number of genera, of which 
one of the handsomest is 
The Gitpep Danpy (ELumolpus auratus), which is found 
throughout the United States upon the Dogs- Ebalvid 
bane (Apocynum androsemifolium), the leaves se 
of which are covered with them in July and ul 
August. This Beetle is so brilliant that it is 
impossible to represent its splendid metallic 
colors in painting, changing as they do from 
green to a golden yellow, and from purple to 
crimson. Its wing-covers would form a beautiful orna- 
ment for those fancy-boxes I have before described, as its 
colors are pre-eminently brilliant and showy. 

Gilded Dandy. 
