514 CLASS VIII. 
ligula mostly horny, emarginate. Mandibles horny, triangular. 
Antenne with from seven to ten joints, club with three lamelle or 
more, which are mostly longer in males. ) 
Hoplia Tur1e., Larr. Mandibles with broad membranous border 
internally. Antennz with nine or ten joints, club trifoliate. Claws 
of tarsi unequal, posterior feet often with claw single, strong. Body 
squamose. 
Sp. Hoplia philanthus Latr., Hoplia argentea FaBr., PANZER Deutschl. Ins. 
Heft 28, Tab. 18, Ratznpure Forst-Ins. 1. Tab. 3, figs. 14, 15, &e. 
Note.—Here are to be inserted several genera of more modern writers, 
Monochelus Inu1e., Gymnoloma Dis. &c. ; on which consult BURMEISTER 
Handb. der Entomol. Iv. 1, pp. 84—202. 
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Serica Mac L., Omaloplia Mzc., Dés. Labrum connate with 
clypeus. Mandibles with broad membranous border internally. 
Claws of tarsi equal, bifid. 
Sp. Serica brunnea, Scarabeus brunneus L., Melol. brunnea Fasr., VOET 
Coleopt. 1. Tab. vil. fig. 53, Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft 95, Tab. 7, 
RatzeB. Forst-Ins. 1. Tab. 3, fig. 12, Ke. 
Note-—Add sub-genera Astena, Symmela, Athlia Ericuson, Ablabera 
Dé&J., and some others omitted here. 
Melolontha Latr. (and Rhizotrogus ejusd.) Labrum distinct from 
clypeus, descending obliquely backwards. Mandibles with narrow 
membranous border internally. Claws of tarsi equal, mostly 
denticulate near the base. 
a) Club of antenne trifoliate. Claws of tarsi supplied with a sharp denti- 
cle at the base. Rhizotrogus Latr. Antennz with ten joints, Amphimallus 
Latr., Mutsanr. Antenne with nine joints. Sp. Melol. solstitialis 
Fasr., Scarab. solstitialis L., Vort Col. 1. Tab. vi. fig. 51, RatzEBURG 
Forst-Ins. 1. Taf. 11. fig. 5 ; brown, hairy, 7°’—8"”" long. 
b) Club of antenne in males 5—Y, in females 4—6 jointed. (Anoxia 
Laporte, Polyphylla Harris, EricHson, Melolontha ER1cHson.) 
Sp. Melolontha fullo, Scarab. fullo L., Rasen Ins. tv. Tab. xxx, VOET 
Coleopt. 1. Tab. vi. figs. 48, 49, DumériL Cons. gén. s. 1. Ins. Pl. 4, fig. 6; 
de duinkever, le foulon, grosser Julius kever, Diinenkdfer, the Fuller ; 
15’” long; antennz of male with seven long leaves at the end, those of 
female with only five shorter ; blackish brown and sometimes red-brown, 
with white irregular spots on the shield-covers, as though marbled ; 
scutellum almost entirely white. 
Mel. vulgaris, Scarabeus melolontha L., Raset Jns. 11. Scar. terv. Cl. 1. 
Vorr Coleopt. 1. Tab. vi. figs. 45, 46; de meikever, le hanneton, der 
Maikifer, the Cockchafer ; nearly one inch long; the male with seven 
