collected in New Holland by Mr. Robert Brown. 468 
peo reflexo antice subemarginato. Os concursu labri et menti 
` omnino clausum: labio, mandibulis maxillis palpisque labiali- 
bus penitus tectis. Palpi maxillares articulo extimo przcedenti- 
bus majori, subarcuato, basi tenuiori. Mentum magnum. 
_ tum, dorso depressum, triangulari-cordatum. Antenne ı 
articulate: articulo primo subglabro longiori, secundoqu b 
vi, clavatis, apice incrassatis ; tertio graciliori, clavato ; quarto 
brevissimo, subcylindrico ; quinto et sexto subpateræformibus, 
transversis; clava lamellis tribus lanceolatis acutis. Thorax 
transversus, antice emarginatus, postice obsolete obtusangulus, 
lateribus rotundatis, dorso utrinque tri-impressus. Elytra punc- 
tis papillatis seriatim ordinatis, seriebus plurimis. Tibie antice 
obtuse tridentate. : 
. Not being able to come at the trophi (Znstrumenta cibaria Fabr.) 
of this insect, I cannot clearly ascertain whether it belongs to 
Trox or Melolontha. Its habit, stature, and closed mouth are 
nearly those of the former genus; but the first joint of the an- 
tennz is not hairy as in that, its abdomen not vaulted and flat, 
and the anterior pair of tibiæ are not without teeth. 
MELoLoNTHA Fabr. 
sericea. 13. M. viridis, supra sericea subtus piloso-incana, pedi- 
bus rufis, clypeo elongato emarginato. 
Long. corp. lin. 5. 
Affinis M. aulicole Fabr. et M. aurulente Kirby, sed distincta. 
. Corpus oblongum, viride, sericeo-nitidum, subtus ex pilis albis 
decumbentibus incanum. Caput inclinatum, ex punctis con- 
fertis impressis quasi reticulatum. Clypeus elongatus, antice 
profunde emarginatus: margine omni reflexo. Palpi maxil- 
lares niveo-pilosi. Mazille basi apertæ, magne. Mentum ob- 
triangulare. Antenne pallide rufæ, decemarticulatæ : articulo 
secundo 
