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ZOOLOGY. 



Order 5. Coleoptera. The beetles form a homogeneous 

 and easily circumscribed group, all having the fore-wings 

 thickened, not used in flight, and forming sheaths (elytra 



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Fig. 310. Pine weevil. , larva ; ft, pupa. 



or wing-covers) for the hinder pair. The mouth-parts are 

 free and adapted for biting. The metamorphosis is com- 

 plete. The young or larvae of beetles are called grubs. 

 Examples of beetles and their transformations are the pine 



Pig. 341. June Beetle and its transformations, 1, pupa; 2, larva. After Kiley. 



weevil (Fig. 340, Pissodes stroU Peck.) and the June beetle 

 (Fig. 341, Lachnosterna fusca Frohl.). The oil beetle is 

 remarkable for passing through three larval stages (Fig. 



