PELIDNOTA PUNCTATA. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. 5. 



Order : Coleoptera. Section ; Lamellicornes. Family : Rutelidae. 



Genus. Pelidnota, Mac Leay. Scarabaeus, Linn. 



Pelidnota Punctata. Testacea, elytrorum singulo pimctis tribus fuscis distantibus. ( Long. Corp. feie 1 unc; 



Syn. Scarabitus Punctatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. W.ji. 537. 76. 



Melolontha P. Fahricius Syst. El. 11. p. 166. -28. Olivier Ent. 1. 5. p. 2-2. t. 1. /. 6. a. b. Herbst. Col. 

 in.;>.69. 16. «. 23./. 6. 



Habitat : New York, Virginia, Maryland, Antigua. 



Head brown orange; but round the eyes (which are black) and next the thorax of a shining brassv 

 green. Thorax and elytra brown orange, and faintly margined ; the former with two small black spots, 

 and the latter with three on each side, one close to the thorax, another near the corner of the wing- 

 cases, and the third in the middle. Scutellum shining bright green. Abdomen and legs greenish black. 

 Tibiae spinose and denticulated, especially at the tips ; the three middle articulations of the tarsi are also 

 furnished with spines. 



AREODA LANIGERA. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. 6. 



Order : Coleoptera Section ; Lamellicornes. Family : Melolonthidse. 



Genus. Areoda, Leiwh, Mac Leay. Melolontha, Fabr. Scaraboeus, Linn. 



.\reoda Lanigera. Capite thoraceque aureis, elytris luteis, corpore subtus lanato. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.) 



Syn. Scarabseus Lanigerus, Limi. Syst. Nat. 1, 11. p. 555. 67. 



Melolontha L. Fabr. Syst. El. U.p. 165. 26. Oliv. Ent. 1. 5. p. 21. 17. f. 4./. 39. a. b. Herljst. Col. 



111. p. 152. 109. <. 26./. 8. 

 Areoda L. Mac Leay Horee Ent. \. part 1. p. 168. 



Habitat : New York, and other parts of North America. 



Head brownish yellow, being divided in the middle by a transverse suture, the front or fore part 

 being margined, and very plain or even ; posterior part shining green or pearl colour, according to the 

 various directions in wliich it is held. Thorax and scutellum of a changeable brown yellow colour. 

 Between the thorax and the elytra is a row of pale yellow or white hairs. Elytra lemon-coloured, sur- 

 rounded by a very small, narrow, black margin, and minutely punctured. Abdomen shining green black, 

 covered with a multitude of grey hairs. Legs red brown. Anterior tibiae broad and thin ; being black 

 on the outside, where they are armed with three strong spines or teeth. Intemiediate and posterior 

 tibiae with two spurs. Ungues remarkably bent and long. 



