MELOLONTHIUiE. — AMPHIMALLA. 221 



taken abundantly on Newmarket-heath and in Sussex. " Occa- 

 sionally taken on the wing at Swaffham Bulbeck, about mid- 

 summer." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Genus CCV. — Amphimalla, Latreille. 



Antenna nine-jointeil ; the basal joint elongate, slender at its origin, pilose ; 

 the second subglobose ; the two following considerably elongate cylindric ; 

 the fifth and sixth short, transverse, slightly dentate within ; the remainder 

 forming a tripbyllous club, slender and elongated in the male. Pulp), maxil- 

 lary with the terminal joint considerably dilated, acuminated to the apex ; 

 labial short, acute : head small ; clypeus short, broad, reflexed, entire : 

 eyes large, globose : thorax short, transverse : scutellum rounded : elytra 

 elongate, not covering the apex of the abdomen ; the latter obtuse : legs mode- 

 rate: tarsi rather stout, the basal joint shortest: claws simple, with a den- 

 ticulation at their base. 



Amphimalla differs from Melolontha by having the capitulum 

 of the antennae triphyllous in both sexes, the antennae nine-jointed, 

 the body pilose, the clypeus more produced, the terminal joint of 

 the palpi of different form, &c. 



Sp. 1. solstitialis. Griseo-testacea villosa, vertice pectore abdominerjue nigro- 



fuscis, elytris lineis quatuor pallidioribus. (Long. corp. 7 — 10 lin.) 

 Sc. solstitialis. Linne.— Marty n, pi. 2. J'. 17.— Xanth. solstitialis. Steph. Catal. 

 115. No. 1188. 



Pale-testaceous : clypeus anteriorly ferruginous ; vertex dusky : eyes black : 

 thorax dusky-testaceous, densely clothed with griseous hairs : elytra sparingly 

 clothed with pale long hairs, elongate, convex, rather pale, with the suture 

 and outer margin fuscous, the disc slightly punctate, with four obsolete 

 elevated whitish lines: exposed segments of the abdomen dusky-testaceous, 

 granulated, clothed with long erect hairs : breast densely pubescent : abdo- 

 men black-brown, with a depressed whitish pubescence : legs rufescent. 



Extremely common about the solstice in several places within 

 the metropolitan district, but I believe not very abundant beyond 

 the midland counties of England. " Cambridgeshire." — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. — " Ramparts, Tynemouth Castle, the only locality known 

 to me in this part." — G. Wailes, Esq. " On Sketty Burrows, 

 (near Swansea), rare." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



f Sp. 2. Fallenii. Fusco-picea villosa, clypeo, thoracis laicribus cfytnsque ruj'o- 



tcstaceis, pygidio punctulato lestacco. (Long. corp. G,j lin.) 

 Me. Fallenii. Gyllenkal, iv. 258. 



