Melolontha. 2J7 



adspersum ; antice rufo — testaceum, margine alte ele- 

 vato, reflexo, integro ; oculi parvi , depressi, brunnei ; 

 os et palpi rufescentes. Antennae decem- articulatae, 

 ferrugineae, clava obscuriore. Thorax brevis , antice 

 emarginatus, lateribus rotundatus , basi sinuatus, su— 

 pra parum convexus , niger, opacus , granulatus , fu- 

 sco - pubescens , immixtis squamulis paucis , parvis, 

 depressis , virescenti- argenteis. Scutellum semi-ova- 

 le, piceum. Elytra thorace parum latiora, sed triplo 

 longiora, apice singulatim rotundata, supra depressa, 

 sub - inaequalia , confertim , obsolete punctata, rufo— 

 testacea, opaca, versus apicem parce squamosa. Py— 

 gidium sub-conicum, nigrum, squamulis latioribus 

 viridi-argenteis , depressis , densius adspersum. Cor- 

 pus subtus nigrum, opacum , pectore squamulis angu- 

 stis, ventre Jatioribus, viridi- argenteis , depressis , sat 

 crebre adspersis. Pedes elongati, validi , toti rufo— 

 testacei, pubescentes. 



Synonymia hujus speciei vix pro certo extricanda. 



MELOLONTHA. 



1. M. Fullo p. 58. Schonh.Syn. 5. i63. 1. 



2. M. vulgaris, add. p. 55 6. ScJionh. Syn. 

 5. i65. 5. 



2-5. M. Hippo-castani, add. p. 558. 

 Schonh. Syn. 5. 167. 4. 



3. M. solstiti alis p. 60. Schonh.Syn.3. 174. 



5o. App. p. 86. 



Obs. Postquam detecta est nova valde afHnis Spe- 

 cies, M. Failenii nempe, character specificus emen- 

 dandus. 



M. Solstitialis: villosa, fusco~picea_, cly- 



peo thoracisque Jateribus rufo-testaceis, 



elytris pallidis obsolele punctatis, albo-li- 



Tom. IV. R nea- 



