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  LE 
  CONTE.—SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  46. 
  L. 
  in 
  te 
  g 
  ra 
  , 
  oylindrico-oblonga, 
  rufo-testacea, 
  nitida, 
  capitc 
  sat 
  dense, 
  clypeo 
  fere 
  parcius 
  punctato, 
  

  

  nitundato, 
  reflexo, 
  thorace 
  fortiter 
  minus 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  lateribus 
  rotundatis, 
  elytris 
  rugosis 
  fortius 
  

   punctatis 
  subeostatis, 
  pygidio 
  parce 
  punctato, 
  ad 
  apiceni 
  subtruncato, 
  pectore 
  parce 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  

   dente 
  parvo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -65. 
  

  

  One 
  male, 
  Georgia. 
  Body 
  cylindrical 
  oblong, 
  almost 
  uniform 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  

   shining. 
  Jlead 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  densely 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  which 
  is 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  strongly 
  reflexed. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  rounded 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides, 
  strongly 
  but 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  coarsely 
  and 
  moderately 
  

   densely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  sutural 
  costa 
  narrow, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  limited 
  by 
  indistinct 
  

   striae. 
  Propygidium 
  very 
  finely 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctulate; 
  pygidium 
  sparsely 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  convex, 
  triangular, 
  subtruncate 
  at 
  tip. 
  Breast 
  thinly 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  

   hair; 
  abdomen 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  Ungues 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  tooth 
  at 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  tibiae 
  not 
  hairy. 
  

  

  The 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  stem 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   is 
  broadly 
  impressed 
  for 
  its 
  whole 
  length; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  is 
  slightly 
  elevated 
  in 
  front 
  

   each 
  side, 
  and 
  has 
  behind 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  some 
  transverse 
  elevated 
  punctures 
  : 
  the 
  

   spurs 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibise 
  are 
  slender, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  is 
  fixed 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   shorter. 
  

  

  Group 
  XII. 
  

  

  This 
  group 
  contains 
  species 
  having 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  hairy 
  ; 
  the 
  antenna? 
  10-jointed, 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  distinctly 
  margined, 
  but 
  slightly 
  or 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  emarginate, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  sexual 
  characters 
  are 
  very 
  feebly 
  marked 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  

   no 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  tibise, 
  and 
  but 
  very 
  slight 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  antenna?. 
  

  

  47. 
  L. 
  crenulata, 
  fusca, 
  confertitn 
  fere 
  axjualiter 
  punctata, 
  thorace 
  linea 
  dorsali 
  fere 
  nulla, 
  lateribus 
  

   fortius 
  serratis, 
  longe 
  pubescente, 
  elytris 
  pube 
  breviore 
  dense 
  vestitis 
  pilis 
  longioribus 
  intermixtis, 
  ob- 
  

   solete 
  costatis, 
  pectore 
  longe 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  rnaguo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -63 
  — 
  -8. 
  

  

  Mehlontha 
  crenulata 
  Frohlich, 
  Naturf. 
  26, 
  94 
  ; 
  29, 
  111, 
  tab. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Meloloniha 
  <jeor<iicana 
  Gyllenhal, 
  Schonh. 
  Syn. 
  Ins. 
  Append. 
  77. 
  

  

  Phyllophaga 
  georyicana 
  Harris, 
  Ins. 
  Injurious 
  to 
  Vegetation, 
  2nd 
  ed. 
  28. 
  

  

  Ancylonyclia 
  crenulata 
  Blanch. 
  Cat. 
  Col. 
  Mus. 
  Paris, 
  133, 
  (synon. 
  exclusa); 
  Burm. 
  Lauiell. 
  2, 
  2d, 
  327. 
  

  

  Massachusetts, 
  Georgia, 
  Kansas 
  : 
  the 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  mentioned 
  locality 
  are 
  

   smaller, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  otherwise 
  differ. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  densely 
  jnmctured. 
  

  

  48. 
  L. 
  al 
  b 
  i 
  n 
  a 
  , 
  fusca 
  dense 
  fere 
  sequaliter 
  punctata, 
  dense 
  albido-pubescens, 
  thorace 
  pilis 
  longioribus 
  inter- 
  

  

  mixtis, 
  iinea 
  dorsali 
  scutelloque 
  albioribus, 
  pectore 
  longius 
  villoso, 
  elytris 
  costatis, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  

   magno 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -7. 
  

   Ancylonycha 
  albina 
  Burm. 
  Lamell. 
  2, 
  2d, 
  328. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  found 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  Mississippi; 
  Dr. 
  Schaum. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  nearly 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  the 
  sculpture 
  is 
  finer, 
  and 
  the 
  pubescence 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  

   dense 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  long 
  hairs 
  are 
  intermixed 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  sides, 
  while 
  the 
  

   general 
  pubescence 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  with 
  numerous 
  long 
  

   erect 
  hairs 
  intermixed. 
  

  

  