422 Rev. W, Kirhy on Mr. Macleay'i [Dec. 



present known. In going over most of the cabinets in London, 

 1 could discover nothing that came at all near this insect, which 

 I purchased at the sale of the late Mr. Francillon*s collection. 

 From the mode in which it is transfixed, and the pin used, I 

 suspect that it was taken by Mr. Abbott in Georgia. 



excrucians. LP. Long. corp. lin. 5. 



Habitat in Georgiae forsan aquaticis ? Ex Mus. D. Francillon. 



Corpus Iffive, nitidum, subpilosum, rufum. Labnim antice 

 punctis quatuor excavatis setigeris. Oculi in medio pilosi. 

 Coleoptra seriatim subpunctata, picea : margine externo rufo. 



{Melolonthidcc.) 



MiMELA, Kirhy, 



Character Essentialis. — Mandibulce dorso rotundatae, apice 

 compressse bidentatae : dente inferiori truncato. Antenna 

 no vem-articulatee . 



Character Artijicialis. — Labium urceolatum, emarginatum. 

 JfaxzV/rt? apice sex-dentatae, nempe 3.2.1. Mandibulce dorso 

 rotundatae, apice compressae bidentataB : dente inferiori truncato. 

 Labriim brevissimum, transversum, medio depresso-excava- 

 tum, vel emarginatum. Antennes novem-articulatas. Podex 

 tectus. 



Character Naturalis. — Corpus ex oblongo obovatum, con- 

 vexum, glabrum, alatum. Caput ex triangulari subrotundum, 

 declive. Labrum transversum, brevissimum, medio depressum, 

 utrinque antice barbatum, verticale. Mandibula basi subtrique- 

 tro-trigonae, intus orbiculatae transversim sulcatae, apice com- 

 pressae incurvae bidentatae : dente superiori obtuso, inferiori 

 truncato subemarginato, dorso rotundato. Maxilla validae 

 mandibulaeformes, apice incurvae sex-dentatae, dentibus nempe 

 3. 2. 1. Palpi maxillares in nostris speciminibus desunt. 

 Labium infra apicem et apud basin constrictum unde quasi 

 urceolatum, apice emarginatuni. Palpi labiales triarticulati : 

 articulo primo minutissimo, intermedio subarcuato crassiori ; 

 extimo ovato acuto. Mentum subquadratum. Anfentue no- 

 vem-articulatae : articulo primo magno apice incrassato, quasi 

 dolabriformi ; secundo brevi subturbinato ; proximis tribus sub- 

 cylindricis; sexto brevissimo fere pateraeformi ; tribus ultimis 

 elongatis pilosis, clavam elongatam linearilanceolatara formanti- 

 bus. Oculi subhemisphaerici prominuli. Septum irregulare a 

 naso per tevtiam fere partem oculi trauscurrit. Nasus s. clypeus 

 trausversus, distinctus, antice rotundatus, marginatus : margine 

 reflexo. Rliinarium verticale, brevissimum.* 



Truncus. Thorax transversus s. longitudine latior, tenuissime 



• I call the part often conspicuous in this tribe, intervening between the nasus and 

 the labrum, Khinarium. 



