a4 LAMELLICORNIA. [Scarabaide Pleurosticti. 
seoments, forming rows which diverge strongly; the last one or two 
spiracles are usually visible behind the elytra; the clypeus is often pro- 
longed and margined in front, but is very rarely concave as in the 
Melolonthini, and the mandibles oecasiona]ly project beyond the clypeus ; 
the antenne are 9 or 10-jointed, and the club is 8-jointed; the tarsi are 
all complete. The group contains a very large number of genera and 
species, many of them being amongst the most brilliant and conspicuous 
of all the Coleoptera; they are much more characteristic of tropical than 
of temperate countries; the groups may be divided into three tribes, 
the Rutelina, Dynastina, and Cetoniina ; no representatives, however, ot 
the second tribe are found in the British fauna; the other two may be 
divided as follows :— 
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De areal claws equal. a yor <- geheren nie eget EP ibd tied ak earls Gt OR RON TIANA 
RUTELINA. 
Upwards of a hundred genera and a large number of species are com- 
prised in this tribe; of these only three genera, represented by fifty 
species, occur in Europe, and two genera, represented by only two species, 
are found in Britain ; many of the species, especially those belonging to 
the true Rutele, are exceedingly brilliant and conspicuous insects ; those, 
however, that are found in Europe are comparatively obscure ; the true 
Rutele have the antenne 10-jointed and prominent mandibles, whereas 
in the European species, which all belong to the Anomale, the antenne 
are 9-jointed and the mandibles do not project beyond the clypeus ; the 
tarsal claws are unequal, the outer one being the largest; in some 
genera, however, e.g. Anomala, the difference of size is not striking, 
whereas in Phyllopertha and others it is very evident. 
I. Base of thorax bordered ; upper surface pilose . . . PryLiopertna, Kirby. 
II. Base of thorax not bordered; upper surface not pilose ANOMALA, Sam. 
PHYLLOPERTHA, Kirby. 
About fifteen species are contained in this genus, of which five occur 
in Europe; the others have been described from North and South 
Africa, Japan, Hong Kong, Siberia, and Mexico; our single species is 
sometimes very destructive to pasture land, and does considerable 
damage to gardens; they are commonly known as fieldchafers, May- 
bugs, bracken clocks, fernshaw beetles, fernwebs, and in Norfolk as 
“‘ chovey.” 
The larva is figured and described by Curtis (Farm Insects, p. 217, 32, fig. 5, and 
p. 221), who also mentions the perfect insects as very destructive to rose trees and 
fruit trees; these larve are very similar to that of Melolontha vulgaris, but are, of 
course, much smaller ; like the rest of the Lamellicornia larve their bodies are curved, 
but they are comparatively active; they are ochreous white, with the head darker, 
and the mandibles blackish at the tips; the body is clothed with a few brown hairs ; 
when full grown they form cells a considerable distance below the surface of the 
