the first three segments, usually brownish or marked with brown. 

 Some of the larger ones are found in rotten logs and stumps, but the 

 larger portion, including those which are injurious, reside in the 

 earth, eating the small roots of plants, especially of the grasses, also 

 of Avheat and other cereals. They are generally known as ''Wire- 

 worms and belong to the family Ealteriuae. 



There are certain very small larvae found sometimes boring into 

 wood, especially the hickory, in hickory and oak furniture, etc., while 

 others are found boring into books, in stale bread, injuring museums 

 of natural history, etc., which are true grubs in form, resembling the 

 grubs of the leaf-chafers, except that they are not enlarged posteriorly. 

 They are curved and have six feet, two on each of the first three seg- 

 ments. These larvae belong to the family Plinidae. 



There is a large group of beetles generally known as weevils, 

 whose larvae almost always inhabit plants, and especially the fruit 

 in some of its various forms of seeds, nuts and pulpy fruits, often 

 doing much injury to the horticulturalist. 



These are soft, white, footless grubs of small size. A few, as the 

 pea-weevil and grain-weevil, belong to the family Bruchidae, but much 

 the larger portion to Gurcidionidae, or true snout-weevils. Some of the 

 latter gnaw galleries under the bark of trees, especially the pine, 

 some form galls on the stems and leaves of plants; but the greater 

 portion live in the seeds, nuts and fruits of plants. 



Among the latter we may mention as examples the plum curculio, 

 (Oonotrachelus nenuphar), the apple curculio, (authonomus 4-gibbus), the 

 nut or acorn weevils, (Balaninides); the strawberry crown borer, (Anal- 

 cis fragariae), &c. All of these larvae are very small. 



There are certain wood-boring larvae which resemble the former 

 very closely, and except by their habits are very difficult to distin- 

 guish from them, as they are also white, footless grubs of very small 

 size. The absence of feet will distinguish them from the Ptinidae be- 

 fore mentioned. They belong to the Scolytidae, a familiar example 

 being the hickory bark miner, (scolytus ^-spmosus,) which forms the 

 numerous furrows so frequently found on the inside of hickory bark. 



The leaf-eating beetles form another very extensive group, which, 

 as Dr. LeBaron has done, may be included in one family — (chrysomeli- 

 dae). The larvae are generally short, thick, fleshy, convex or hump- 

 back grubs, usually found lying upon the surface of the leaves on 

 which they feed. They have six true legs on the first three segments 

 and usually a terminal pro-leg. They are often brightly colored. As 

 examples we may mention the Colorado and three-lined potato- 

 beetles. 



There are certain, small, flat, oval-shaped, singular looking larvae, 

 frequently found feeding on sweet-potato and other con vol villous 

 plants, sometimes in company with brilliant, gold-colored, tunle- 

 shaped small beetles. These, which may be known by the prickles 

 along the sides, belong to the family cassidae. 



The larvae of the lady-bugs somewhat resemble these, but may 

 usually be distinguished by having spines barbed and placed upon 

 the upper portion of the body as well-as the sides. These, which are 

 often mistaken for enemies, especially when found collected in mass- 

 es, as they are sometimes on the twigs of cultivated pines, should be 



