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mandibles are commonly notched or indented on the outer 

 edge. The hooks of the tarsi are unequal. 



Chuysophora, Dej., 



The males of which have the hind legs very large, with 

 the thighs thick, the legs bent, and terminated at the inner 

 angle in a very strong point.* 



RuTELA, Lat. Rutela^ pelidnota, Macleay, Kirby. Op- 

 log na thus, Kirb. Macl. 



Whose legs, with reference to proportions, do not differ 

 observably in the two sexes. The mentum is almost isome- 

 trical ; the shield is small, or of middle size, and the sternal 

 point is short, not reaching to the insertion of the two fore 

 feet. The body is ovoid or oval.-f- 



Macraspis, Macleay. Cetonia, Fab, 



Which differ from Rutela in reference to the proportions of 

 the mentum, which is sensibly larger than it is wide ; the 

 length of the shield, equal at least to one third of that of the 

 elytra ; and the sternal point, whose extremity reaches as far, 

 or goes beyond the insertion of the fore feet. The mandi- 

 bles are nearly triangular, with the extremity pointed and 

 emarginated. The jaws have many teeth. The mentum is 

 in the form of an elongated square, slightly narrowed near 

 its upper end, and without lashes on its upper edge. One of 

 the hooks of the tarsi, or of the four anterior tarsi, at least, 

 is bifid, and the other entire. (Horae Entom.) 



* Melolontha crt/sochlora, Lat. Voy. de Humb. c. Boupl. II. 15. 1. fem. 

 2. male ; Scarabccus macropus, Shem. Mis. 580-4. 



■f See the Catalogue of the Collection of M. le Comte Dejean, Mr. 

 Macleay, the younger, Horae Entomol. I. p 10. ; the article Rutcle ; in the 

 Ency. Method. The characters of G. pclidnola, and oiilognatkus, do not 

 appear to mc to be bufiicicntly distinct. 



