14<5 CLAS. I. ELEUT. MeldlonthaJ 



sahHlosPiS. I. Trox thoracc elytrisque rugosls , thorace in- 

 tegerrimo . Fabr. Sp. Ins. i. p. 34. 

 Scarabms sahiilosus scutellatus muticus niger opa- 

 cus , tubercuhs rugosis , antennis basi pilosis . 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. p. jji. 48. 



Degeer Ins. 4. tab. 10, fig. 12, 

 In Colhbus sabulosis habitac. 

 Statnra silph^ opaca : niger et YHgosus . Captit ifi' 

 tra thoracem yetractum notam ostendit , qua 

 pr/mo intuitu distingui possit . 

 drenarius, 1. Trox thorace subcanaliculato , elycris striatis 

 corpore obscuro . Fahr. Afantis. i. p, 18. 

 E Lucania attulit Raphael de Andrca . 

 Statura Tr. sahulosi sed dimidio minor. Corpus 

 totum ohscure fuscum . Caput intra thoracem 

 retractum , Antenn& testaces, . Elytra striata , 



4. MELOLONTHA Fahr, 



Scarab. Sp, Linn, Geojfr, Degeer , 

 Palpi quatuor ina:quales , filiformes ; 

 anteriores longiores maxillac dorso : 

 posteriores labii parieti incerno adhacrentlbus , 

 Mandibula brevis , cornea , arcuata . 

 Maxilla brevis, cornea , apice multidentata, 

 Labium corneum , cordatum , emarginatum . 

 Antennit clavato-Iamellatae : lamelHs in quibusdam 



septcm . 

 Larva hexapoda , annulata , subpilosa , abdominc 



apice vesiculoso , capite corneo . 

 Tupa quiescens intra glebam , abdomine aplcc 



acuminato . 

 Victus larvae e planiarum radicibus .* imaginis ex 

 arborum foliis, 



Thorax 



