168 LAMELLICORNES. MELOLONTHID^E. 



ccxlvii. ANisorLiA Ant. 9-jointed ; club S-leaved, elongate, slender : body 

 oblong-ovate, glabrous : clypeus advanced and reflcxed : tho. witb lateral 

 margins a little waved, the base slightly produced in the middle, and 

 narrower than the elytra : claws unequal, of the 4 anter. feet, one slender 

 and simple, the other stout bifid. 



ccxlviii. Hoplia Ant. 10-jointed ; club 3-leaved, ovate: body ovate, flat- 

 tened, scaly : tho. slightly produced in the middle behind : elytra shorter 

 than the abdomen : claws of 4 anter. feet unequal, the largest bifid, poster, 

 feet with a single simple claw. 



241 Serica MacLeay. 



1335 brunnea L. ii. 556. — Tz. F. xcv. f. 7. — Ste. M. iii. 219. — Pale 

 testaceous red, sometimes with a faint brassy tinge : clypeus punctate, 

 crown at times dusky ; eyes black ; thorax finely punctured, with an ob- 

 scure dusky spot on each side; elytra faintly punctate-striate. (L. 4^-5 1.) 

 Sandy places: generally distributed throughout Britain : 7-8. *. 



242 Omaloplia K'dppe. 



1336 Ruricola Fab. E. i. 176. — Don. xi. pi. 378. — Ste. M. iii. 220.— 

 Black, with a satiny gloss ; punctured : head and thorax slightly hairy : 

 elytra simply striated, testaceous-red, with the suture and margins black — 

 or with the disc red, tinted with bluish ; or wholly of a blue-black ; with 

 all intermediate changes; — legs pitchy; tarsi reddish. (L 3^-4 1.) 

 Hedges : Darenth Wood ; Newmarket Heath ; S waff ham Bulbeck, 

 Cambridge; and Sussex: 6. 



243 Rhisotrogus Latreille. 



1337 solstitialis L. ii. 554. — Mart. pi. 2. f. 17. — Ste. M. iii. 221.— 

 Pale testaceous : clypeus dull red in front ; crown, breast, and abdomen 

 brown-black ; elytra paler, suture and outer margin fuscous, disc with 4 

 obscure raised whitish lines ; tip of abdomen granulated, dusky : legs red- 

 dish. (L. 7-10 1.) Hedges, &c, very abundant in London district, and 

 pretty generally distributed throughout the S. of England : 6-7. 



1338f Fallenii Gyll. iv. 258. — Ste. M. iii. 221. — Pitchy-brown : clypeus, 

 sides of the thorax, and the elytra rusty-testaceous, the latter thickly 

 punctate, and somewhat rugged towards the suture ; tip of abdomen tes- 

 taceous ; punctured; legs pale testaceous-red. (L. 6^ 1. ) Derbyshire?: 

 7? 



244 Melolontha of Authors. 



1339 vulgaris Fab. E. ii. 161. — Ste. M. iii. 222. — Sa. Melolontha Don. 

 viii. pi. 264. f. 2. — Pitchy-black ; pubescent : elytra testaceous with con- 

 colorous margins, clothed with whitish scales, with 5 smooth ridges ; ab- 

 domen gradually terminating in a sharpish point ; sides with patches of 

 snowy scales; legs rusty. (L. 10-14 1.) In pastures, flying about trees : 

 very abundant throughout the S. of England ; Wales ; rather scarce in 

 Scotland : common in S. of Ireland : 5-6. 



1340f Hippocastani Fab. E. ii. 162. — Tz. F. xcvii. f. 8. — Ste. M. v. 

 412. — Pitchy-black; pubescent: elytra testaceous, with a narrow black 

 margin ; abdomen terminating in a broad obtuse process, which is slightly 

 constricted before the apex. (L. 9^1.) Banks of Windermere : 7. 



1341 Fullo L. ii. 553. — Ste. M. iii. 223 Cur. ix. pi. 406. — Blackish- 

 brown, or testaceous ; punctured : sides of clypeus and head, 3 longitu- 

 dinal lines on the thorax, a bilobed spot on the scutellum, and numerous 

 irregular patches on the elytra, densely clothed with snowy-white scales ; 



