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  LE 
  CONTE.- 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  from 
  Georgia 
  and 
  another 
  Missouri. 
  Of 
  the 
  same 
  size, 
  form 
  and 
  sculp- 
  

   ture 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  differing 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  puhscence, 
  but 
  by 
  its 
  

   texture 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  short 
  erect 
  and 
  brownish 
  yellow; 
  it 
  is 
  uniform 
  on 
  the 
  thorax, 
  but 
  

   on 
  the 
  elytra 
  many 
  longer 
  hairs 
  are 
  intermixed, 
  which 
  on 
  looking 
  obliquely 
  back- 
  

   wards, 
  are 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  arranged 
  chiefly 
  in 
  three 
  vittse, 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  scattered 
  

   ones 
  especially 
  externally: 
  the 
  margin 
  is 
  fringed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  with 
  long 
  hair. 
  

   The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  under 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  slightly 
  pruinose; 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  distant 
  than 
  in 
  L. 
  ilicis. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous. 
  

  

  37. 
  L. 
  subtonsa, 
  fusca, 
  supra 
  pube 
  brevi 
  suberecta 
  fulva 
  tequaliter 
  vestita, 
  tborace 
  confluenter 
  dense 
  

  

  puuetato 
  subcarinato, 
  elytris 
  dense 
  rugulosis 
  vix 
  obsolete 
  costatis 
  ; 
  peetore 
  longius 
  villoso. 
  Long. 
  -82. 
  

  

  One 
  male 
  found 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  kindly 
  given 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Guex. 
  This 
  species 
  

   has 
  the 
  form 
  and 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  the 
  pubescence 
  is 
  entirely 
  uniform, 
  

   and 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  is 
  not 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  hair. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  moder- 
  

   ately 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  more 
  distant 
  at 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  legs 
  

   are 
  dark 
  brown 
  : 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  moderately 
  long, 
  and 
  the 
  sexual 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  are 
  precisely 
  as 
  in 
  L. 
  ilicis. 
  

  

  38. 
  L. 
  hirticula, 
  fusco-ferru^inea, 
  pilis 
  erectis 
  longis 
  flavis, 
  in 
  elytris 
  vittatim 
  positis 
  parce 
  vestita, 
  

   tborace 
  cribratim 
  punctato, 
  elytris 
  rugose 
  punctatis 
  haud 
  costatis, 
  peetore 
  longe 
  villoso. 
  Long. 
  '65 
  — 
  -75. 
  

  

  Melolontha 
  hirticula 
  Knocb, 
  Neue 
  Beytr. 
  79. 
  

   Melolontha 
  hirsuta% 
  Say, 
  Journ. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  Phil. 
  8, 
  243. 
  

   Phyllophaga 
  hirticula 
  Harris, 
  Ins. 
  Inj. 
  Veget. 
  2d 
  ed. 
  28. 
  

   Melolontha 
  hirticula 
  Burin. 
  Lamell. 
  2, 
  2d, 
  327. 
  

  

  Very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  The 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  form 
  a 
  vitta 
  near 
  

   the 
  suture, 
  three 
  discoidal 
  ones, 
  and 
  a 
  marginal 
  fringe. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  glabrous 
  and 
  

   sparsely 
  punctured. 
  The 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stem, 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  flattened, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  posterior 
  spur 
  is 
  fixed. 
  

  

  Group 
  X. 
  

  

  This 
  group 
  contains 
  species 
  having 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  last, 
  except 
  

   that 
  the 
  antennas 
  have 
  only 
  nine 
  joints 
  (the 
  seventh 
  being 
  obliterated;) 
  the 
  third, 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  are 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  connate 
  ; 
  the 
  sixth 
  is 
  slightly 
  produced 
  inter- 
  

   nally. 
  The 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  ungues 
  varies 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  One 
  species 
  is 
  sparsely 
  pilose, 
  others 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  front, 
  while 
  the 
  

   rest 
  are 
  glabrous 
  : 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  never 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  39. 
  L. 
  h 
  i 
  r 
  s 
  u 
  t 
  a 
  , 
  piceo-ferruginea, 
  oblonga 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  confertim 
  punctato, 
  clypeo 
  marginato, 
  emarginato, 
  

   thorace 
  fortius 
  minus 
  dense, 
  elytris 
  rugose 
  punctatis, 
  pilis 
  longis 
  flavis 
  erectis 
  minus 
  dense 
  vestita, 
  

   pygidio 
  fortius 
  punctato, 
  piloso 
  ; 
  peetore 
  longe 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  longo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -67 
  — 
  '72. 
  

   Melolontha 
  hirsuta 
  Knoch, 
  Neue 
  Beytr. 
  78. 
  

   Aw.ylonycha 
  hirsuta 
  Blanch. 
  Cat. 
  Col. 
  Mas. 
  Paris 
  (syn. 
  excl.) 
  138. 
  

  

  