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flowers and leaves of roses and grapes. It is a pale yellowish 

 beetle, three eighths of an inch long, somewhat hairy, with long, 

 pale red legs. All of the leaf -chafers have long, spiny legs, whose 

 use they do not seem to have mastered, for they are ridiculously 





FIG. 217. The rhinoceros beetle {Dynastes tityus). (Natural size) 

 (After Kellogg). 



awkward in walking. The largest beetle of this country is the rhi- 

 noceros beetle (Dynastes tityrus), which is two and one half inches 

 long, greenish-gray with black spots, and is named from the large 

 horn on the head, which meets a median horn extending from the 



prothorax. It occurs in the South and 

 West, and in the West Indies there is a 

 similar species six inches long. Their 

 larvae live in the roots of decaying trees. 

 Another series of species are known as 

 flower-beetles, from their habit of feeding 

 on pollen, which they carry from flower to 

 flower. A common species of this sort is 

 FIG. 218. The bumble flower- the yellowish-brown bumble flower-beetle 

 beetle (Euphoria inda}. (Twice (Euphoria inda). It is half an inch long, 

 natural size) q u i te hairy, and flies from flower to flower 



(After Chittenden, United states w j t h a i ou d buzzing like that of a bumble- 



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bee. Occasionally these beetles assemble 



on ripening peaches or other soft fruits, or lap up the sap from a 

 wounded tree. A bright-green species (Allorhina nitida\ two 

 thirds of an inch long, is very common in the South, where it is 

 often called the green June-bug, and frequently attacks ripening 

 fruits. The larvae are white grubs which live in grasslands and 

 often injure lawns. 



