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out horns or prickles ; black; shield rhombic: 
crown a little prominent ; shells grooved. 
melotontha, (tree beetle.) thorax and head without 
horns or prickles; testaceous ; thorax hairy ; 
tail inflected ; a triangular white spot at each 
incisure of the abdomen. Feeds on leaves of 
trees ; while in the larva state it remains in the 
earth about three years, and is very destructive 
to corn and other vegetables. 
See MS. P. 
4—3. Sci=na. Spec. 29. 
cirrosa, upper jaw much longer, lower one with a 
cirrus. 
See MS. P. 
1—4. Scrurus. Spec. 38. 
vulgaris, (common squirrel,) ears bearded at the 
tip ; tail colour of the back. 
miger, (black squirrel,) ears not bearded ; body 
black. Sometimes the nose, neck and tip of the 
tail are white. 
cinereus, (grey squirrel,) ears not bearded ; body 
cinereous ; belly white. 
striatus, (ground squirrel,) body yellowish, with 
five brown longitudinal stripes. A variety has 
the body pale with four stripes. Five anda 
half inches long. 
volucellus, (flying squirrel,) having a membrane 
(made bya doubling of the skin) extending from 
the ears to all the legs and tail ; being attached 
to the forelegs as far as the toes, to the hind- 
legs as far as the ancles. By spreading this 
membrane, the squirrel sails through the air 
