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adspersum ; ^ntice mfo-testaceum, marglrie alte ele- 

 vato, reflexo, integro ; oculi parvi , depressi, brunnei ; 

 os et palpi rufescentes. Antennae decem — articulatae, 

 ferrugineae, clava obscuriore. Tiiorax brevis , antice 

 emarginatus, lateiibus rotundatus , basi sinuatus, su— 

 pra parum convexus , uiger, opacus, granulatus , fu— 

 sco -' pubescens , immixtis squamulis paucis , parvis, 

 depressis , virescenti- argenteis. Scutellum semi-ova- 

 ]e, piceum. Elytra thorace parum latiora, sed triplo 

 longiora , apice singulatim rotundata, supra depressa, 

 sub - inaecjualia , confertim , obsolete punctata, rufo— 

 testacea, opaca, versus apicem parce squamosa. Py— 

 gidium sub-conicum, nigrum , squamulis latioribus 

 viridi — argenteis , depressis , densius adspersum. Cor— 

 pus subtus nigrum, opacum , pectore squamulis angu— 

 stis, ventre latioribus, viridi — argenteis , depressis , sat 

 crebre adspersis. Pedes elongati, validi , toti rufo— 

 testacei, pubescentes. 



Synonymia hujus speciei vix pro certo extricanda. 



MELOLONTHA. 



1. M. Fullo p. 58. ScJionh. Syn, 5. i65. 1. 

 52. M. vulgaris, add. p. 556. Schonh, Syn, 



5. i65. 5. 

 52-5. M. Hippo - castanij add. p. 55S, 



Schonhi Syn. 5. 167. 4. 



5. M. solstiti alis p. 60. Schonh.Syn.^S, i']^, 



5o. jipp. p. ^^, 



Obs. Postquam detecta est nova valde afEnis Spe- 

 cies, M. Falienii nempe, character specificus emen— 

 dandus. 



M. Solstitialis: villosa, fusco-plcea^ cly- 



peo thoracisque lateribus rufo-testaceis, 



e]ytris pallidis obsolele punctatisj albo- Ji- 



ToM. IV. R nea- 



