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its hairy coat which resembles lichen-covered branches, 

 etc. It hides during the day and comes out and flies about 

 at dusk, a habit common to many of the Melolonthina. 



Melolontha vulgaris, F., and M. hippocostani, F. 



Mr. Holland says, " Big as they are, they are very incon- 

 spicuous in the lichen-covered hawthorn trees they so 

 largely frequent. Even in the beating- tray where they 

 1 feign death ' at first, their mealy brown backs look like 

 a bit of lichen-covered bark." Judging from the remains 

 one finds about, it is probable that they are both palat- 

 able and much attacked. 



Anomala frischii, F. 



Mr. Holland considers this beetle is protected in the 

 same way as Hoplia pliilantliUjS etc. 



Getonia aurata, L. 



Mr. Holland well describes the protection of this species. 

 He says, " Getonia aurata looks a most conspicuous object 

 in a drawer, but look for it where it loves to be, with its 

 head and forepart buried in a flower-head of Viburnum 

 opnlus, the projecting hind part slashed with wavy whitish 

 marks like pollen flakes, and dusted with real pollen as 

 the result of its own activity, and the beetle is hardly to 

 be seen at all." 



Gnorimtcs variabilis, L., and G. nobilis, L. 



These two species also have protective white marks on 

 the dorsal surface of the posterior part of the body, similar 

 to those of the Getonia. 



Trichius faseiatns, L., and T. abclominalis, Men. 



These two beetles are banded with yellow and black, 

 and clothed with yellow and golden hairs, much resemb- 

 ling humble bees, both at rest, and during flight. The 

 gardener at Dall House, Rannoch, told Professor Beare 

 and me, that he had often mistaken them (T. fasciatus) 

 for bees when he had seen them about the flowers in the 

 garden. 



