Plate XLV 

 Prairie Species 



Pig. 1. Western Corn Eoot-worm beetle, Diahrotica longicornis. En- 

 larged. 



Fig. 2. Margined Blister-beetle, Epicauta marginata. 



Fig. 3. Southern Corn Root-worm beetle, Diahrotica 12-punctata. En- 

 larged. 



Fig. 4. Bill-bug, SpTienopTiorus venatus. 



Fig. 5. Striped Blister-beetle, Epicauta vittata: a, female beetle; b, 

 eggs; c, young (triangulin) larva; d, second or caraboid 

 stage; e, contracted scarabaeoid stage, natural size: /, 

 scarabseoid stage; g, eoarctate larva, or winter stage. 

 Chittenden, Bull. Bur. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agr. ; i-g, after 

 Riley, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.) 



