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  LE 
  CONTE— 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  saepe 
  obsoleta, 
  scutello 
  toto, 
  elytris 
  sutura 
  vittisque 
  tribus 
  densius 
  albo-pubescentibus, 
  interna 
  saepe 
  

   abbreviata. 
  Long. 
  -9 
  — 
  l 
  - 
  3. 
  

   Mas 
  antennarum 
  clava 
  magna, 
  clypeo 
  lateribus 
  subrectis, 
  anticc 
  latiore 
  recte 
  truncate, 
  tibiis 
  anticis 
  bidentatis. 
  

   Feraina 
  antennarum 
  clava 
  parva, 
  clypeo 
  lateribus 
  rotundatis, 
  antice 
  subsinuato, 
  tibiis 
  anticis 
  fortius 
  bidentatis. 
  

   Er. 
  Ins. 
  Deutschl. 
  G59 
  ; 
  Burm. 
  Lamell. 
  2, 
  2nd, 
  408. 
  

   Scarabceus 
  occidentalis 
  Linn. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  ed. 
  12ma 
  reformata, 
  1, 
  2, 
  555. 
  

  

  Melolontha 
  occidentalis 
  Herbst, 
  K'afer, 
  3, 
  72 
  ; 
  tab. 
  23, 
  fig. 
  8. 
  Drury, 
  Ins. 
  2, 
  58 
  ; 
  tab. 
  32, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  Oliv. 
  

   Ins. 
  5, 
  15, 
  tab. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  7, 
  (in 
  part.) 
  

  

  Southern 
  States, 
  S. 
  Carolina, 
  Louisiana. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  usually 
  blackish 
  with 
  

   transverse 
  bands 
  of 
  denser 
  white 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  hair 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   distinct 
  but 
  not 
  longer 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  11 
  

  

  Thyce 
  Lee. 
  

  

  Corpus 
  oblongo-cylindricum, 
  alatum, 
  squamulosum, 
  pectore 
  villoso, 
  elytris 
  subglabris. 
  Clypeus 
  concavus, 
  

   antice 
  paulo 
  latior, 
  recte 
  truncatus. 
  Antennas 
  10-articulatas, 
  articulis 
  3 
  et 
  4 
  aequalibus, 
  clava 
  (feminae) 
  parva 
  

   triphylla. 
  Labium 
  profunde 
  excavatum. 
  Mentum 
  paulo 
  concavum, 
  ligula 
  latior. 
  Palpi 
  labiales 
  in 
  inargine 
  

   ligula) 
  inserti 
  : 
  maxillares 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  longiore 
  cylindrico 
  ad 
  apicem 
  acuto. 
  Mandibular 
  parum 
  prominula). 
  

   Tibiaj 
  anticae 
  fortiter 
  tridentatre, 
  intermedin 
  extrorsum 
  acute 
  bidentatse, 
  posticae 
  crassiores 
  denticulo 
  lmo 
  

   acuto, 
  denteque 
  secundo 
  transverso 
  annata?, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  spinulis 
  coronatse, 
  calcaribus 
  complanatis, 
  interno 
  

   minore 
  angustiore. 
  Tarsi 
  (postici) 
  breves, 
  verticillatim 
  setosi, 
  articulis 
  1 
  — 
  4 
  sensim 
  paulo 
  brevioribus, 
  5to 
  

   pnmo 
  asquali,unguiculis 
  medio 
  dente 
  acuto 
  mediocri 
  armatis. 
  Pygidium 
  subtransversum 
  triangulare, 
  angulis 
  

   rotundatis. 
  

  

  In 
  every 
  respect 
  resembling 
  Polyphylla, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  antennae, 
  the 
  more 
  thickened 
  

   posterior 
  tibia?, 
  and 
  the 
  ungues. 
  

  

  1. 
  T. 
  squamicollis, 
  piceo-ferruginea, 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  confertissime 
  punctatis, 
  pilis 
  depressis 
  squami- 
  

   formibus 
  pallidis 
  vestitis, 
  hoc 
  convexo, 
  disco 
  antice 
  posticeque 
  parcius 
  villoso, 
  elytris 
  nitidis 
  punctatis 
  

   et 
  rugosis 
  parce 
  brevissime 
  pubescentibus, 
  pygidio 
  abdominequc 
  squamulosis, 
  pectore 
  dense 
  villoso. 
  

   Long. 
  1-03. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  collected 
  by 
  T. 
  Charlton 
  Henry, 
  M. 
  D., 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  at 
  Albuquerque, 
  New 
  

   Mexico. 
  

  

  Uniform 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  tibia? 
  darker. 
  Head 
  densely 
  punctured 
  covered 
  

   with 
  narrow 
  yellowish 
  scales 
  ; 
  front 
  broadly 
  margined, 
  sides 
  straight, 
  slightly 
  diverg- 
  

   ing, 
  anterior 
  margin 
  nearly 
  straight. 
  Thorax 
  convex, 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  much 
  rounded 
  

   and 
  subserrate 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  feebly 
  broadly 
  channeled 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  disc, 
  

   vaguely 
  impressed 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  : 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   small 
  narrow 
  scales 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  with 
  long 
  hairs 
  intermixed 
  towards 
  the 
  

   base 
  and 
  apex. 
  Scutellum 
  densely 
  pubescent 
  with 
  a 
  glabrous 
  line. 
  Elytra 
  rugous 
  as 
  

   in 
  most 
  Rhizotrogi, 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  hair 
  from 
  each 
  punc- 
  

   ture. 
  Pygidium 
  densely, 
  abdomen 
  less 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  whitish 
  

  

  * 
  Fabricius 
  has 
  intended 
  by 
  his 
  Melolontha 
  occidentalis 
  the 
  European 
  Anoxia 
  australis 
  ; 
  Olivier 
  confounded 
  

   them 
  together 
  as 
  is 
  evident 
  by 
  the 
  localities 
  given. 
  His 
  description 
  does 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  present, 
  as 
  the 
  seven 
  jointed 
  

   antennal 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  