Notice of the Melolontha, or May-Bug. 969 
As Thave nothad an ‘opportunity : more than cursorily to 
examine the vicinity of Easton, | am conscious that the 
above is a very imperfect list. But very few of the plants 
it contains are unusually rare. 
With great respect, &e. 
; LAs, SCHWEINITZ, 
~ ENTOMOLOGY. —* 
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Arr. XIV. Notice of the Melolontha, vas May Bugs By 
sig Jacosp Cist. es 
Communicated by Col. Geoncr Gress. 
|See Plate IV.] 
Tas is a very common insect in Pennsylvania. It is 
Nearly one inch in length; head, thorax and shells of an 
uniform dark chesnut brown colour; abdomen and hair on 
the breast, of a pale yellow brown. The shells are shorter 
than the abdomen, thin and flexible, and have a club shap- 
_d ridge on each. 
larva, which is one and an half inch in length, is the 
lar seasons to the grass, corn, andother crops. In 
as e is trifling compared to what 
“They feed on the succulent | 
ina single corn-hill. withered plants may b 
thout much vig ea will be fond’ to have all 
a moist season, however, the — 
