CHAP. XV. FAMILIES OF COLEOPTERA. 



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JUNE-BEETLES (Melolonthidse). In these insects the thorax 

 is unarmed : the upper lip is usually visible in front of the 

 clypeus; the latter is separated from the front by a transverse 

 suture; the two claws at the end of each foot are forked; the 

 color is usually brown, sometimes striped with white. 



Fig. 251. 



Fig. 252. 



This Family includes the destructive White-grub (Lachnos- 

 terna quercina, Fig. 139, ) and many other insects which, in 

 the larva state, feed upon the roots of plants, while the adults 

 feed upon the leaves. 



Fig. 253. 





The larva? have the body curved, and furnished with six 

 legs. The Rose-chafer (Fig. 250), the Ten-lined Leaf-eater 

 (Fig. 251, female; Fig. 252, male), belong to this Family. 



