84 FAMILIES OF PETALOCERA, &C. 



phyllophagous ; and I am hichned to believe that the latva;: 

 of some of these insects are the New Holland grubs, said 

 to be as useful to the natives as an article of food as they 

 are injurious to the agricultural hopes of the European- 

 settlers. In this vast island and in South America the 

 Anophgnathidce are very numerous, and appear to take 

 the place occupied in tlie old world by the MelolonthidiL. 

 They are also (though not so plentifully) found in Europe. 

 and Asia, but on the whole appear never to recede fartiier 

 from the equator than about latitude 45". It may be pro- 

 per here to mention that Mr. Kirby's genus Jpogoulu, 

 which belongs to this family, and which he suspects to be.. 

 South American, is ascertained from specimens in the" 

 cabinet of the Linnaean Society and in tliat of nij falhur. 

 to belong to tlie East Indies. 



