404 Mr. Kiiii3y's Ccnlurij of Insects. 



ternis apice bifidis, antici dilatati subtus scopula densa rigida 

 pulvillati, triunguiculati : ungue intermedio longlori bifido, iu- 

 terno brevi arcuato obtuso polliciformi. 



Obs. Foeminae mentum imberbe, tarsi antici vix dilatati. 



Another insect in my cabinet, which I regard as Melolontha 

 riificollis Fabr., but which comes from Brazil, is distinguished by 

 dilated anterior tarsi, and may perhaps belong to this genus. Its 

 labrum, however, is triangular, with the vertical angle emarginate, 

 and the acumen of the labium is also emarginate; in other re- 

 spects its oral instruments agree with those of Geniates. 



Apogonia. 



gtmellala. 38. A. 



Plate XXI. Fic. 9. 



Habitat in Brasilia .'' 



Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, excavato-punctatissiraum, 

 glabrum, nitidum, nigro-piceum. Caput deflexum et fere ver- 

 ticale : vertice summo horizontali. Clypeus declivis : margine 

 rotundato reflexo. Palpi rufi- Antennce rufaj. Thorax trans- 

 versus, convexus, antice segmento circuli dempto, postice ob- 

 solete obtusangulus : lateribus marginatis rotundatis. Sculel- 

 lum subtriangulare, apice laeve. Eli/tra aeneo-picea, excavato- 

 punctata : seriebus quatuor punctorum per paria ordinatis, la- 

 tere exteriori subsulcata : sulcis punctatis. Tibice antiae hiden- 

 tatcB. Tarsi unguiculis sequalibus, bifidis. 



The species here described agrees in many respects with Fabri- 

 cius's description of Melolontha geminata; but the term "caput 

 laeve" at once indicates their difference, since in my insect the head 

 as well as the thorax is thickly covered with deeply-impressed 

 points. 



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