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AiNomai.a varians — Fabr. (The Variable Vine-chafer.' 



This species is of a broad, oval shape, scarcely one-third of an inch 

 long ; the head and thorax of the male is generally of a greenish- 

 black color, margined with pale yellow ; the wing cases usually dull 

 yellow, occasionally marked with two indistinct and imperfect brown- 

 ish or blackish bands, and indistinctly grooved. 



Spec. char. Imago. — The claws on the anterior or middle tarsi cleft. 

 Elytra striate and punctured in the strhe or grooves; the thorax plain 

 and nearly or quite hairless. It is of a plain oval shape, scarcely 

 one-third of an inch long; the head and thorax of the male is a dark 

 olive or greenish-black, margined with yellow, thickly punctured. 

 The elytra usually dull yellow, but occasionally variegated with 

 brownish or black so as to form two imperfect bands, faintly grooved 

 and punctured along the grooves. 



a. lucicola — Fabr. (The Light-loving Vine-chafer.) 



Similar to, and scarcely distinguishable from, the preceding species. 

 It usually has the top of the head and middle of the thorax black, 

 though some specimens of this ^tnd the former are entirely black. 

 Length about one-third of an inch. 



Spec. char. Imago. — This species belongs to the same genus as the 

 preceding ; has the same general characters as that species, and resem- 

 bles it so closely that it is difficult to distinguish the one from 'the 

 other, if, in fact, they are distinct. It usually has the top of the 

 head and middle portion of the thorax black, and Dr. LeBaron states 

 that specimens of both species occur entirely black. The wing-cases 

 are rather more distinctly and profoundly punctured than in the 

 former, and are not usually marked with the blackish spots or bands. 

 Size same as the preceding. 



a. binotata — Gyll. (The Two-spotted Vine-chafer.) 



Similar to the preceding species, and of the same size, but distin- 

 guished chiefly by two irregular blackish spots on the wing-cases — 

 one on each case, a little in advance of the middle. 



Spec. char. Imago. — General characters as in the last two species. 

 The head is black and thickly punctured ; front margin rounded 

 and slightly turned up; thorax greenish-black, slightly punctured 

 »and smoother than the head; scutellum dark-brown; elytra dull yel- 

 low-, with indistinct furrows and lines of punctures, and an irregular, 

 rather large blackish spot on each side a little in advance of the mid- 

 dle, and each case (elytron) lined all around both on the outer and 

 inner edges with a narrow black margin. Size same as the preceding 

 species. 



\\ r e are unacquainted with the preparatory states of these species. 

 but the larva? are doubtless six-footed grubs: somewhat similar in ap- 

 pearance to the grub of the "may-beetle," but as a matter of course of 

 a smaller size. It is in the perfect or beetle state alone, so far as we are 

 aware, that they have proven injurious; these attack the cultivated 

 grape-vines, often denuding them of their leaves upon which they 

 feed. Dr. Le Baron, in his First Report (page 54), gives an account 

 of the injury done by the A. lucicola to the vineyards of Mr. Ay res and 



