LEAF-BEETLES. 



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Fig. 158. — Flea beetles. — After Brehm. 



numerous in our parks and along- the edges of forests, or wher- 

 ever the sumach grows. Here the filthy larvae, filthy because they 

 cover themselves with black and slimy pellets of their own excre- 

 ment, frequently devour all the leaves of these showy bushes, and 

 instead of being ornamental they become a decided evesore to the 



Fig. 159. — Blepharida rhois, Forst. — After Riley. 



