GREEN OR LIVING VEGETABLE MATTER. 79 



only a native of Greece, but Hesychius and the Scholiast 

 on Aristophanes both positively state that it was of a yel- 

 low or gold colour. 



Fam. IX. MELOLONTHID^. 



Antenna ctrticidis novem vel decern ; 

 Articulo basilari conico, elongatd; 

 Capitido elongato, lameUls pro generibus et sexu nu- 



mero variis a tribus ad sept em. 

 Labrum margine antico obvio, out tenid et limari trans" 



•verso, aut crasso turn infra profunde emarginatd. 

 MandlbulsB cornea, validce, clj/peo absconditce, crassa, siib- 



arcuatce, forma vcdde irregulari, lateribns exterms 



sapius rotundatis. 

 MaxilljB breves crusiacea, inttis arcuata, processu cornea 



dentibus munito. 

 Palpi maxiWdLres prominuli, articulo ultimo ovali aut ovato^ 



paulo crassiore. 

 Mentum veluti e duplici parte formatum, alia apicali, sub- 



quadratd aut subovatd truncatd, ad apicem an^ 



gustiori, margine supero late emarginato, ad an- 



gulos rotundato ; alia basilari, prioris stipite, sub*- 



cordata, apice truncate. 

 Caput subquadratum ; clypei suturd transversa semper dp- 



stinctd, lateribus rotundatis, margineqiie reflexo. 



Corpus subconvexmn ovatum ; Eli/tris abdomine 



brevioribus. Thorax transversus, subquadratus j 



Scutello distincto. Sternum rarissime productum. 



Pedes graciliores. 



