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as burrowing under the turf. No. 4 is a highly 

 magnified specimen of Chrysomela Tremulcs, nearly- 

 allied to the Lady-bird family, and No. 6 is an 

 equally magnified representation of its Chrysalis. 

 The larvae are not, like those of many other fami- 

 lies of Beetles, a kind of grub feeding under ground 

 or in the trunks of trees, but are leaf-feeders, and 

 very closely resemble the larvae of Lady-birds . They 

 are represented of the natural size on the leaf from 

 which the pupa is suspended. This class of Beetles, 

 in their larva and pupa stages, form a kind of link 

 between the ordinary larvae of Beetles and those of 

 Lepidoptera, the pupa being a very near approach 

 to the chrysalides of several kinds of Moths and 

 Butterflies. 



No. 7 is Acanthocinus JEclilis, the variegated 

 pinkish-brown wing-cases of which, with the sin- 

 gularly graceful antennae, form a very pleasing 

 object. No. 8 is the larva of this pretty Beetle, 

 which feeds on the wood of young trees, and is very 

 destructive, being only placed, as shown in the Plate, 

 for convenience. Ratzeburgh, in his " History of 

 Forest Insects," especially all such as are injurious 

 to timber, particularly mentions the ravages com- 

 mitted by the larva of Acanthocinus JEdilis. 



No. 9 is Callidlum Violaccum, a pretty insect, 



