Lawn mower having an engine disposed rearwardly of a driver's seat

A lawn mower comprising:

• a plurality of wheels;
• a vehicle body supported by the wheels;
• a mower unit supported by said vehicle body;
• a driver's seat supported by said vehicle body;
• an engine supported by said vehicle body rearwardly of said driver's seat;
• a radiator disposed between said engine and said driver's seat;
• a hood for covering said engine;
• and
• a dust filtering case disposed at a forward portion of said hood for allowing ambient cooling air to be drawn into said radiator, the dust filtering case surrounding at least a part of the radiator and having a net portion on at least one side thereof, the net portion extending rearwardly beyond a front surface of said radiator;
• wherein the net portion has a front face net portion, upper net portion and a pair of lateral net portions that extend continuously from the front face net portion;
• wherein the upper net portion is continuous with a corresponding portion of the engine hood;
• and
• wherein the pair of lateral net portions are continuous with corresponding portions of the engine hood.