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hairs : beneath blackish-cupreous, very hairy : venter glabrous ; 

 segments margined with reddish-brown. 



Length rather more than half an inch. 



Not uncommon in various parts of our country, and is found 

 at Council Bluff, on the Missouri, and upon the Arkansa. Mr. 

 Melsheimer, in his catalogue, refers to lanhis and tonksea ; but 

 it disagrees with the descriptions of each of these insects, by 

 having a very distinct and rather large scutel, inserted at the base 

 into a thoracic emargination. Neither does it agree with the de- 

 scription of C. carnifex, to which it has also been referred. 



[This is Cetonia inda, described by Linnaeus and Fabricius. — 

 Lec] 



TRICHIUS Fab. 



T. EREMICOLA. — Chestnut color J thorax darker, with an ex- 

 cavation and an anterior elevated line. [241] 



Inhabits the United States. 



Trichius eremicola Knoch in Melsh. Catal. 



Head excavated between the eyes ; edge elevated into a tuber- 

 cle over the insertion of the antennae : anterior edge reflected : 

 thorax with a transverse dilated excavation before the middle, 

 anterior to which is a transverse, elevated, abbreviated line; 

 punctures numerous and dense before, sparse behind : elytra 

 smooth, simply punctured. 



Length one inch to one inch and a quarter. 



A rare insect, but occasionally occurring in various parts of 

 the country. Mr.Nuttall brought a specimen from the Missouri, 

 It is allied to T. eremita, but differs from it in many respects, 

 particularly in the sculpture of the thorax and elytra. 



[A species of Osmoderma. — Lec] 



MELOLONTHA Fab. 



1. M. LONGiTARSA. — Pale, cinereous-testacous ; clypeus pro- 

 foundly emarginate; tarsi elongated. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



Body pale, punctured, nearly glabrous : clypeus very densely 

 punctured above, and sparsely so before ; anterior edge very pro- 

 foundly emarginate, the lobes concave above : thorax with nu- 

 merous, slightly indented, irregular punctures ; posterior angles 

 subacute : scutel rounded at tip : elytra with irregular punctures : 

 1824.] 



