t'ouiul Jitjwork on n siniil(M\'\i\ where tlic\' Iced, head dow ii ward, t!;n!i wine; 

 \\\r u;rains away often well down (o the l)as(>s of the cars. 'VUo wcsIimmi 

 j^riMMi .lun(>-l)('(>M(\ A. niuhilillis (l''i,i;. S.'i), inhahils llic ai'id Southwest, 

 and tlie eoiniuon <i;reen .hnu^-heetle, A.nilidn. i'an«;(>s thence <>astwai\l 

 to the Alhuitic. aiul northwai'd (o the lalitmh' of St. Louis, in th(> Missis- 

 si|)|)i \'alley, and sonuwvliat farther iioith ncai' the Atlaidi*' coast. These 

 heelles urc about [\\c si/(> of our coinnion .lune-hugs, or a little larger, 

 hut hnv(> a nnich more (Inttened form and a dilTiM-cMit horizontal outline. 

 'V\\vy are es|ie('ially l>i-oad across the bases of th(> wini;-cov(M's (betwcHMi 

 which the shield of th(> thorax e\t(Mids in a broad point), and tajxM" 



Ku5. S2. Tlie Cominou Green Juno-beotle, AUorhina nitida: a, larva, 

 erawling on back; b, pupa; c. advilt; d, <\ f, g, mandible, antenna, leR, and 

 n\a\ill:i of larva: <i, />. and <• abovit natural size. 



th(Mice not.ably backw;irds. .1. nitidti is three fourths o\' an inch to an 

 inch in KMi^th and about half an inch wide. 'I'ht> upptM' surfat'e is 

 smooth, and the tluji'lis and lateral piiM-t^s o( \\\c ihoiax luMieath are dull 

 yc^llowish. .1. imdabilis is sliglitly larum- than the otlu>r, and the under 

 side is miif(U-m metallie ,s;Teen. 



Thi^ wi^stern s|H>ci(>s [niutahilis) tet^ds on the stalks o[ i;rt>win,ii; corn 

 wluMi fruits are not a\ail:d>l(> in sulliciiMit (|uantity, and its t'ood habit.s 

 are appartMitly about the sauu> in other respeetvS as those oi the more 

 eastern sjuHMes. Both are \ cry destructive to ripe fruit. Diutabilis 

 sometimes occurring: in fruit triH^s in thousauils. ri>aclu^s, ora[)es, and 

 iiii's are its fa\orit(> fi'uits, and tlu^ ci'op o\ tlu'st> is in some yeai"s 

 badly injured, ov o\c\\ locally di^stroyed. .\pricots. pruiu\s. phuus. 

 nectarines, pears, applies. iaspberrit\s. blaeklierries. and e\en tomatoes 

 .and meUms also sutTiM-. .1. tiiticla feeds on tlu> tlowiuii; sa[i of oak, 

 mapK\ anil fruit tret^s, and is said to burrow into tender brauohes. Its 

 fondness for sweets sometimes tiMupts it to cu\cr a bechi\e. 



The larva^ (I'lji"- S2. a) closely resemble ordinary white-urubs. but 

 dilTer from those oi the tlower-beetles in beino- less robust and in havinir 

 a dilTtM-ent shaped chitiumis spot on the first body-segment, as shown in 

 the tigures. I'rom eoimnon white-grubs {^L-ichnosUrna) they may be 

 distinguished 1\\- their shorter heailsand smaller leg's, and by the absence 

 o\' [\\c peculiar doubl(> row o\ short. stitY sinnes extending forwards under 

 tlu^ tip o[ the abdonuMi. Tlu\\- are piM-haps most easily known by tlieir 



