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in beans and peas. (Wing- 

 covers short.) Bruchi !ce. 

 KK. Usually small, oval or 

 more slender. On foliage 

 of plants. Chrysomelidce. 

 II. Hind tarsi with four joints; 

 front tarsi with five. 

 J. Bodies soft, cylindrical; pro- 

 thorax narrowed. Meloidce. 

 JJ. More flattened, harder bod- 

 ies; dark colors; found on 

 ground and in fungi. Tene- 

 brianidce. 



