404 Mr. Kinny's Century of Insects. 
ternis apice bifidis, antici dilatati subtus scopula densa rigida 
pulvillati, trianguiculati: ungue intermedio longiori bifido, in- 
terno brevi arcuato obtuso polliciformi. | 
Obs. Foemine mentum imberbe, tarsi antici vix dilatati. 
Another insect in my cabinet, which I regard as Melolontha 
ruficollis Fabr., but which comes from Brazil, is distinguished by 
dilated anterior tarsi, and may perhaps belong to this genus. Its 
labrum, however, is triangular, with the vertical angle emarginate, 
and the acumen of the labium is also emarginate; in other re- 
spects its oral instruments agree with those of Geniates. 
APOGONIA. 
gemellata. 38. A. 
| -PLATE XXI. Fic. 9. 
Habitat in Brasilia ? 
Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, - hese thes miata ene he 
glabrum, nitidum, nigro-piceum.  Caput deflexum et fere ver- 
ticale: vertice summo horizontali. Clypeus declivis: margine 
rotundato reflexo. Palpi rufi. Antenne rufæ. Thorax trans- 
versus, convexus, antice segmento circuli dempto, postice ob- 
solete obtusangulus: lateribus marginatis rotundatis. Scutel- 
lum subtriangulare, apice leve. Elytra æneo-picea, excavato- 
punctata: seriebus quatuor punctorum per paria ordinatis, la- 
tere exteriori subsulcata : sulcis punctatis. Tibie antice biden- 
tate. Tarsi unguiculis æqualibus, bifidis. | 
_ The species here described agrees in many respects with Fabri- 
cius's, description of Melolontha geminata; but the term “caput 
leve’ ' at once indicates their difference, since in my insect the head 
as well. as the thorax i ds thickly covered with deeply-impressed 
points, 
