This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...(Plate IX., Fig. 8). This species is clothed in a thick and long pubescence. Each wing-case has five longer, or shorter, channelled, double stripes, and a raised elevation. The hairs are sometimes rubbed off, leaving the upper surface bare and black, spotted with lighter. It is found in early spring on flowering ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...(Plate IX., Fig. 8). This species is clothed in a thick and long pubescence. Each wing-case has five longer, or shorter, channelled, double stripes, and a raised elevation. The hairs are sometimes rubbed off, leaving the upper surface bare and black, spotted with lighter. It is found in early spring on flowering willows and dandelions, and frequently also attacks garden-flowers. It is common on the Continent, but is not found with us. C. aurata, Linn., the Rose Chafer (Plate IX., Fig. 10). Clypeus somewhat emarginate in front. It is green, with a golden shine. It is shining coppery beneath. On each side of the suture there is a raised line. It is common in May on flowers and on the exuded sap of trees. The larvae live in the rotten wood of trees or in antsi nests. C. affinis, Andersch. (Plate IX., Fig. 11). Elongated, oval. Wing-cases uniform green, strongly shining. Pronotum flat in the middle, finely punctured on the sides. Process of the mesosternum prominent and rounded in front, much expanded. It is a South European species, which is found in June and July, and feeds on the sap of trees and the spongy galls growing on young oak trees. C. marmorata, Fabr. (Plate IX., Fig. 12). Clypeus slightly emarginate in front. It is dark bronze-colour above, with irregular white waved markings. The sternum and sides of the abdominal segments have yellow hair upon them. This beetle, which is found in many countries on the Continent, feeds in August on the sap of oaks and willows; it hibernates, and appears again the following spring. The larvae live in hollow trees and in antsi nests. C. floricola, Herbst (metallica, Fabr.) (Plate IX., Fig. 13). Clypeus not emarginate in front, or only slightly emarginate. Upper surface varying from green to brownish, with or without...
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