TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of Transmittal ii 



Financial Report iii 



Table of Contents vii 



Introduction xiii 



Beetles Injurious to our Fruit-producing Plants 1 



Structure, Metamorphosis, etc 1 



Classification 12 



I. Coleoptera (Typical or True Beetles) 12 



1. Isomera (Similar Joints) 12 



A. Carnivorous Beetles (Adephaga) 14 



Famih^ Cicindelidse or Tiger-beetles 14 



Family Carabidx or Ground-beetles 17 



Family Dytiscidas or Predaceous Water-beetles 24 



Family Gyrinidie or Whirligig-beetles 26 



B. Club-horns {Clavicornia) 27 



Family Hydrophilidse or Water-scavenger-beetles 28 



Family Silphidx or Carrion-beetles 29 



Family Scydmsenidw and Pselaphidie 30 



Family StaphyUnidiE or Rove-beetles 32 



Family Coccinellidas or Lady-bugs 33 



Family Endomychidae and Erotylidfe 37 



Family Cucujidse 37 



Family Dermestidee or Larder-beetles, Carpet-beetles, etc... 39 



The Raspberry Fruit-worm {Byturus iinicolor Say) 41 



Family Histeridse 41 



Family Nitidulidie or Sap-beetles 42 



Family Trogositidx or Cadelles 43 



C. Saw-horns {Serricornia) 44 



Famih^ Elateridiv or Snapping, Clicking or Spring-beetles... 45 



Family Buprestidx or Flat-headed Borers 50 



The Divaricated Buprestis (Dicerca divaricata Say) 52 



The Flat-headed Apple-borer (Chrysobothris femorata 



Fab.) 53 



The Red-necked Blackberry-borer {Agrilus ru£collis 



Fab.) 58 



Family Lampyridas or Fire-flies and Soldier-beetles 62 



Family Cleridx or Checkered-beetles 64 



Family Malachiidx 66 



Family Ptinida; or~Death-watch; Cigarette-beetles 67 



The Apple-twig Borer (AnjpAicerus bicaudatusSay) .... 69 



