﻿MELOLONTIIIDiE 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  249 
  

  

  The 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  are 
  variable, 
  being 
  sometimes 
  strong 
  and 
  scattered, 
  at 
  

   others 
  finer 
  and 
  more 
  numerous, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  never 
  any 
  distinct 
  smooth 
  dorsal 
  line. 
  

   The 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  support 
  very 
  small 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  

   punctured, 
  more 
  distinctly 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  is 
  

   foveate, 
  and 
  the 
  penultimate 
  impressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  segments 
  are 
  

   slightly 
  flattened 
  ; 
  the 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  stem. 
  

  

  25. 
  L. 
  fraterna, 
  nigro-fusea, 
  vel 
  piceo 
  nigra, 
  oblonga 
  nitida, 
  pedibus 
  eastaneis, 
  capite 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  

   clypeo 
  anguste 
  marginato, 
  emarginato, 
  thoraee 
  antrorsuni 
  angustato, 
  lateribus 
  obliquis 
  late 
  rotundatis, 
  

   fortius 
  insequaliter 
  punctato, 
  linea 
  dorsali 
  laevi, 
  elytris 
  punctatis 
  rugosis, 
  subcostatis, 
  pygidio 
  parce 
  

   punctato, 
  pectore 
  griseo-villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  longo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -60 
  — 
  -70. 
  

  

  Phyllophaga 
  fraterna 
  Harris, 
  Ins. 
  Injurious 
  to 
  Vegetation, 
  1st 
  ed. 
  29; 
  2d, 
  28. 
  

  

  Ancylonyclia 
  fraterna 
  Blaucb. 
  Cat. 
  Col. 
  Mus. 
  Paris, 
  133 
  (syn. 
  escl.); 
  Burm. 
  Lamell. 
  2, 
  2d, 
  322. 
  

  

  Middle, 
  Eastern 
  and 
  Southern 
  States, 
  abundant, 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Kansas. 
  The 
  sexual 
  

   characters 
  are 
  precisely 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  penultimate 
  ventral 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  more 
  deeply 
  impressed; 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  also 
  support 
  very 
  small 
  

   hairs. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  observed 
  any 
  well 
  marked 
  races 
  in 
  the 
  species, 
  though 
  individual 
  

   differences 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  closeness 
  of 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  

  

  26. 
  L. 
  lutescens, 
  rufo-testaeea, 
  oblongo-ovata 
  convesa 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  obscuriore 
  confertiin 
  punctato, 
  

  

  clypeo 
  emarginato, 
  thoraee 
  fortiter 
  parce 
  punctato, 
  rufescente, 
  antrorsum 
  angustato, 
  lateribus 
  magis 
  

   rotundatis, 
  elytris 
  subtilius 
  punctatis 
  subcostatis, 
  pygidio 
  vis 
  puuctulato, 
  pectore 
  longo 
  flavo-villoso, 
  

   unguiculis 
  dente 
  longo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -59. 
  

   One 
  male 
  from 
  Georgia. 
  Related 
  by 
  sculpture 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  preceding, 
  but 
  apart 
  

   from 
  color, 
  it 
  differs 
  by 
  the 
  head 
  being 
  not 
  continently 
  puncture 
  J, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  thorax 
  being 
  

   more 
  convex. 
  The 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stem 
  ; 
  the 
  penul- 
  

   timate 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  impressed 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  oblique 
  elevation 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   impression, 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  is 
  deeply 
  foveate, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  ones 
  longitudinally 
  

   impressed, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  are 
  punctured, 
  but 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  only 
  very 
  finely 
  

   punctured, 
  and 
  the 
  propygidium 
  is 
  smooth. 
  

  

  27. 
  L. 
  c 
  o 
  r 
  r 
  o 
  s 
  a, 
  castanea, 
  oblonga, 
  antice 
  angustior, 
  capite 
  nigricante, 
  dense 
  confluenter 
  punctato, 
  clypeo 
  

   tenuc 
  marginato, 
  emarginato, 
  thoraee 
  rude 
  sat 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  linca 
  dorsali 
  sublrcvi, 
  lateribus 
  serratis 
  

   parce 
  fimbriatis, 
  elytris 
  subtilius 
  punctatis, 
  vis 
  costatis, 
  pectore 
  brevius 
  flavo-villoso, 
  tibiis 
  posticis 
  cal- 
  

   caribus 
  elougatis, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  acuto 
  longo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -77. 
  

  

  Texas 
  ; 
  two 
  males 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Schott, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  and 
  Mexican 
  Boundary 
  

   Survey. 
  Body 
  oblong, 
  narrower 
  in 
  front, 
  shining 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Head 
  dark 
  piceous, 
  

   very 
  densely, 
  confidently 
  punctured, 
  clypeus 
  emarginato, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  reflexed 
  

   margin. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  one-half 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  scarcely 
  one-half 
  wider 
  than 
  

   long, 
  oblicpuely 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  very 
  slightly 
  so 
  behind 
  ; 
  sides 
  serrate, 
  sparsely 
  

   fimbriate; 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  punctures, 
  sometimes 
  confluent, 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  

   smooth 
  dorsal 
  line. 
  Elytra 
  more 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  faint 
  traces 
  of 
  dorsal 
  costa>; 
  

  

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