Fig.l. Leis conformis (highly magnified). 

 IA. Ditto (natural size). Fig. 2. 

 Larvae (natural size). Fig. 3. Pupa 

 (natural size). 



Fig. 1. Orcus chalybeus, female 

 (magnified). 2. Head and 

 prothorax of male. IA. 

 Ditto (natural size). 



There is, however, one group of this family embracing several species, 

 and known scientifically as the JEpilachnince, which are leaf-eating 

 insects, and very injurious to certain plants. They are great nuisances 

 to potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and several other 

 plants, which they feed upon voraciously, both in their larvse and adult 

 stages. These insects are often mistaken for useful specie?, and 

 encouraged to spread. On the other hand useful species are often con- 

 demned and destroyed in the mistaken belief that they feed in the same 



INJURIOUS LADY BIRDS. 



Epilachna 28-punctata, Leaf -eating Fig, 1. Epilachna guttato-pustulata 

 Ladybird (highly magnified). (highly magnified). IA. Ditto (natural 



size). 



