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this class are the 1st, Atomaria liiieris ;^ 2d, Atomaria 

 ferruginea f 3d, Atomaria pygmoea. They all belong 

 to the sixth family (Mecetophagidse) of the group of 

 ^ecrophaga, the latter being the second division of 

 Rypophagous pentamera. 



The Atomaria lineris (see fig. 67) is elongate and 

 depressed, having a black color, on which can be seen 



Fiof. 67. 



Fi2. 68. 



Atomaria lineris. Plant having had its leaves and root attacked 



by the Atomaria — breathing its last. 



certain small spots. It makes its first appearance later 

 than the MelolontJia, sometimes in July ; but, unlike 



' The above is Westwood's classification. Atomaria lineris. According to 

 Blanchard the French classification is fifth species of (Atomaria) the fourteenth 

 family ( Cry tophagi i) . 



2 Atomaria ferruginea. See Erich's Nat. Hist. (18), p. 452 ; see Sturm, 

 Ins. (18), p. 5, t. 330. 



