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THE LIVING WORLD. 
apparatus consists of two yellow patches on the thorax and two more beneath 
the elytra. In the Indian Archipelago these insects are so numerous as to 
convey the impression that the trees are 
illuminated by Chinese lanterns, or gemmed 
with rubies of the richest dye. It has 
a short, bright head, large eyes, and illu¬ 
minates the darkness with a greenish, 
golden fire. The Cuban ladies frequently 
imprison this beetle in the tissue of their 
evening dresses, and thus multiply their 
attractions. 
The Weaver-Bug {Lamia textor ), a 
European borer into willow trees, from one 
to one and a quarter inches in length, 
and about one-half as broad ; is dark brown 
with yellow body beneath the cased wings. 
Alpine Goat-Bug, found in the high 
Alps, is named from a goat-like odor which 
it exudes. It feeds upon the willow, oak, 
poplar and other trees, and constructs its 
caves within them. It does not waste the 
wood which it throws out while burrowing, 
but uniting this with silk, which it spins, 
makes a thick hanging for its apartments. It hibernates, and before reaching 
its final metamorphosis has en¬ 
joyed a life of* three years. 
The Grape-vine Sucker 
(.Pelidnota punctata) is brown¬ 
ish yellow above, having the 
back and sides of the head 
black, a single dot on each 
side of the prothorax, three dots 
near the margin of each elytrum, 
greenish black beneath the body 
and on the legs. It is noctur¬ 
nal in its habits, and hence 
more difficult to detect. 
The Parti-colored Ant- 
Bug (Clerusformicarius) is ant¬ 
like in appearance, and is one" 
of seven hundred species. 
The larvae are predaceous and 
take up their homes in bee¬ 
hives, where they live upon the 
honey comb. They sometimes 
make their burrow among the 
coleoptera. 
The Seed Runner {Agriotus lineatus) is brown in color, and may easily 
be mistaken for a part of the plant upon which it rests. 
grape vine LOUSE (Phylloxera vastatrix). 1. back of louse, 
2. BELLY OF LOUSE 6. PIECE OF ROOT BORED BY LOUSE- 3. 
LOUSE BORING. 4. PERFECT FLY. 5. ROOT SHOWING SWELL¬ 
ING CAUSED BY SUCKING OF THE INSECT. 
32. hawk fly ( Asilus oslaudicus). 31. HAIR-FLY 
(Bibio hortulanus). 19. alpine goat beetle 
(Rosalia alpina). 39. flea ( Pulex irrilans). 
28. Lina populi. 
