102 f-OLEOPTERA. 
farmer as in their own ; and that it wa» 
not the potatoe, of which they were in 
search, but of these destructive worms, 
which swarmed during that summer to 
an unusual degree. 
Lucy. I have often wondered to see 
rooks and gulls in such numbers stalk- 
ing up and down the fields ; but now I 
perceive they were seeking grubs and 
worms. 
Mother, And you may observe, in 
fields that have been newly turned up, 
and eveii following close after the plough, 
a surprising number of crows, swallows, 
and wagtails, all engaged in the same 
employment. 
This grub lives in its larva state dur- 
ing four years ; when full grown it is an 
inch and a half long, very thick, and of 
a yellowish white, with a red head ; the 
body consists of twelve rings or joints ; 
it has six red feet ; and it breathes 
through its stigmatae, the number of 
which is eighteen, nine being placed 
