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leaf-shaped pieces, and they have a sort of plate which 

 extends forward over the face like the visor of a boy's 

 cap, and their legs are toothed on the outer sides, and 

 thus fitted for digging. Some live on the ground and 

 are called Ground-Beetles; others live upon trees, 

 whose leaves they eat, and are called Tree-Beetles; 

 others feed upon the sweets of flowers, and are called 

 Flower-Beetles. Some kinds are very large, as tjie- 



Fig. 300. Goldsmith Beetle. Fig. 301 . Phanaeus. 



Hercules Beetles of South America, which are five inches 

 long. Many are brilliantly colored, and the Phanaeus 

 has a horn-like projection on the head. The May-Bee- 

 tles are brown-colored Scarabaeians, which, attracted by 

 the light, fly into our rooms in the early part of sum- 

 mer ; in the grub state they live in the ground, and 

 are white, with a brownish head. The Goldsmith Bee- 

 tle is of a beautiful golden color above, and copper color, 

 with whitish wool, below. It feeds upon leaves, among 

 which it hides by day, flying in the morning and even- 

 ing twilight. The Spotted Pelidnota is found on the 

 grape-vine in July and August. It is about an inch 

 long, brownish yellow above, with three black dots on 

 each wing-cover, and one on each side of the thorax. 

 Many of these beetles not only injure the foliage of 



