BY WHICH THE VINE IS INFESTED. 197 
The Melolontha of Aristotle and the Greek authors, which served as 
a toy for children, is the Cetonia fastuosa. 
The Scarabeus viridis of Pliny, which the engravers upon gems 
loved to contemplate, is also the Cetonia_fastuosa. 
The Scarabeus Fullo albis guitis of Pliny is the Cetonia aurata, the 
Scarabeus auratus of Linneus, which has white spots upon the 
elytra. 
As it is proved that the Spondyle of Aristotle and Pliny is the 
Chafer, we have been right in directing our attention to this word, 
for the Chafer destroys the leaves of the vine, as well as of all other 
plants. This genus includes a species, smaller than the common one, 
which entomologists have named the Chafer of the vine, Melolontha 
Vitis, because it is frequently found upon that plant with the Chafer 
of Frisch, Melolontha Frischii, which is perhaps only one of its 
varieties* ; but this insect is found almost as frequently upon the 
leaves of the willow and the rose-tree as upon those of the vine; and it 
is not one of those of which our vine-dressers and cultivators particu- 
larly complain, nor did it attract the attention of agriculturists among 
the ancients. 
Before concluding my observations upon the word Spondyle, I must 
not forget to remark that Fabricius has employed it to designate a genus 
of Coleoptera which he has formed in the family of the Prionz, and 
named Spondylis buprestoides, the Attelabus buprestoides of Linnzus; 
but this insect, the larva of which lives in the wood of green trees, has 
no relation to the Spondyle of the ancients, the larva of which attacked 
the roots of young or annual plants. It was not M. Fabricius’s inten- 
tion, in selecting this name, to assume that any relation existed between 
them: but what I have said in my preliminary reflections may be ap- 
plied to this case, and relieves me from the necessity of extending my 
observations upon this subject. 
Ill. Joulos, or Julus—The Juli—There is still less reason for the 
appearance of the name of Jovlos among those given to insects injurious 
to the vine than for that of Spondyle, although Suidas has said that 
the Joulos was a worm of the vine; but this lexicographer is the only 
one who has so ill defined the insect of which the ancients have spoken 
under the name of Joulos. From a comparison of their texts, it appears 
that the Joulos is an apterous or wingless insect, possessing a great num- 
ber of feet; that it has the lengthened form of a worm; moves ina 
Serpentine manner ; coils itself up when touched; and is found in moist 
places. Modern naturalists cannot have been mistaken with regard to 
this insect, for which they have retained the ancient name. The name 
* Walckenaer, Faune Parisienne, vol. i. p. 185. Olivier, Entomologie, 
genus Hanneton, No. 39. pl. 2. fig. 12. a, 6, ¢. p. 34. .vol.i, Schoenherr, Syxo- 
nymia Insect., vol. i. part iii. p. 193. ‘ 
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