COLEOPTERA. 



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supplied by little fleshy tubercles. The perfect 

 insect frequents the flowers or leaves of plants. 

 First and most conspicuous among this extensive 

 group are 



The Snout Beetles (Bhjncophora)* at once recog- 

 nisable by the shape of their 

 head, which is prolonged into a 

 sort of snout or proboscis, upon 

 which are placed the antennae. 

 Their larvae resemble soft little 

 white worms, furnished with a 

 scaly head, but quite destitute of 

 legs. They all devour the dif- 

 ferent parts of vegetables, and 

 some are found only in the in- 

 terior of fruits or seeds, by cIc-Fig. 85. 

 stroying which they do immense damage. Their nymphs 

 are enclosed in a cocoon. But even in their perfect state 

 some of these beetles are very destructive when they are 

 at all numerous. 



COPPFK-COLOCRI-.I) WrF.VII.. 



Fig. 86 —>'irr- weevil. 



The Weevils {Bruchus),f are tiny authors of in- 

 * pi^TXo^' rliynchos, a snout ; (popos, phoros, carrying. 



t HavinfT ci'ooked snouts. 



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