﻿MELOLONTIIIDJE 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  -J4 
  7 
  

  

  sparsely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  sparsely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  costse. 
  Pygidium 
  triangular, 
  with 
  rounded 
  angles, 
  convex, 
  sparsely 
  punctured. 
  

   Breast 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  yellowish 
  hair; 
  legs 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  has 
  the 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antenna 
  1 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  stem 
  : 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   broadly 
  impressed 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  fifth 
  joint, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  transverse 
  

   impression 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  is 
  convex 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  The 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  claws 
  is 
  

   smaller 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  than 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  20. 
  L. 
  micans, 
  nigro-fusca, 
  ciuereo-pruinosa, 
  oblongo-ovata, 
  convexa, 
  capite 
  antice 
  confluenter, 
  postice 
  

   sat 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  clypeo" 
  latius 
  reflexo 
  vis 
  emarginato, 
  thorace 
  antrorsum 
  angustato, 
  fortiter 
  haud 
  

   dense 
  punctato, 
  elytris 
  costatis 
  fortius 
  punctatis, 
  pygidio 
  sat 
  punctato, 
  pectore 
  longe 
  flavo-villoso, 
  pedi- 
  

   bus 
  castanei.s, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  longo 
  ( 
  ? 
  ) 
  vel 
  brevi 
  ( 
  % 
  ) 
  arniatis. 
  Long. 
  -65. 
  

  

  M 
  lull, 
  nili, 
  i 
  micans 
  Knoch, 
  Neue 
  Beytr. 
  77. 
  

  

  Ancylonycha 
  micans 
  Blanch. 
  Cat. 
  Col. 
  Mus. 
  Paris, 
  138 
  ; 
  Burm. 
  Lainell. 
  2, 
  2nd, 
  322. 
  

  

  Middle 
  States, 
  not 
  rare. 
  The 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   stem; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  broadly 
  impressed 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  length, 
  and 
  the 
  

   penultimate 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  slightly 
  curved 
  transverse 
  elevation 
  ; 
  the 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  claws 
  

   is 
  one-half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  apical 
  portion, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Blanchard 
  places 
  A. 
  micans 
  among 
  the 
  species 
  having 
  nine 
  joints 
  in 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tenna'. 
  

  

  21. 
  L. 
  serr 
  icornis, 
  supra 
  testaceo-rufa, 
  subtus 
  fusca, 
  oblongo-ovata, 
  convexa, 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  

   obscurioribus, 
  illo 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  clypeo 
  integro 
  tenue 
  marginato, 
  thorace 
  Iateribus 
  rotuudatis 
  ciliutis, 
  

   minus 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  elytris 
  fortius 
  punctatis 
  subcostatis, 
  pectore 
  longe 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  dentc 
  

   elongato 
  arniatis, 
  an 
  tennis 
  articulis 
  3 
  — 
  7 
  sensim 
  latioribus. 
  Long. 
  -GO. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  found 
  at 
  Coney 
  Island, 
  near 
  New 
  York. 
  Body 
  oblong 
  slightly 
  ovate, 
  

   convex 
  ; 
  head 
  dark 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  clypeus 
  rounded 
  finely 
  margined 
  ; 
  

   thorax 
  a 
  little 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  one-half 
  wider 
  than 
  it, 
  convex, 
  rounded 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides, 
  which 
  are 
  sparsely 
  ciliate, 
  strongly 
  but 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  

   paler 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  more 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  convex, 
  

   with 
  the 
  sutural 
  costa 
  narrow, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  slightly 
  visible. 
  Propygidium 
  finely 
  

   punctured, 
  and 
  pubescent 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  half, 
  then 
  glabrous 
  and 
  more 
  sparsely 
  but 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured: 
  pygidium 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  rounded. 
  Beneath 
  fuscous, 
  pectus 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  long 
  yellow 
  hair; 
  abdomen 
  pubescent 
  and 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  sides; 
  penulti- 
  

   mate 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  vague 
  transverse 
  impression 
  ; 
  last 
  segment 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  convex, 
  bisinuate 
  at 
  tip. 
  

  

  22. 
  L. 
  s 
  em 
  i 
  c 
  r 
  i 
  b 
  r 
  a 
  ta, 
  elongata, 
  testaceo-ferrugiuea, 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  clypeo 
  emarginato, 
  

   tenue 
  marginato, 
  thorace 
  Iateribus 
  rotundatis 
  ante 
  basin 
  latiore, 
  disco 
  parce 
  grosse 
  punctato, 
  spatio 
  leevi 
  

   utrinque 
  relicto, 
  elytris 
  rugose 
  punctatis 
  vis 
  costatis, 
  pectore 
  breviter 
  parce 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  dentc 
  

   ( 
  2 
  ) 
  magno 
  arniatis. 
  Long. 
  -58. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  from 
  Georgia 
  ? 
  Nearly 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  Cyclocephala, 
  but 
  presenting 
  all 
  

  

  