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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^. 



Antennae drticulis novem vel decern ; 

 Articulo basilari conico, elongato; 

 Capitulo elongato, lamellis pro generibus et sexu mi- 

 mero varus a tribus ad sept em. 



Labrum margine antico obvio, aut tenui et lineari trans- 

 verso, aut crasso turn infra profunde emarginato. 



Mandibular corneas, valida, clypeo absconditte, crassa, sub- 

 arcuata, forma valde irregulari, lateribus externis 

 scepius rotundatis. 



Maxilla? breves Crustacea, intus arcuatce, processu corneo 

 dentibus munito. 



Palpi maxillares prominuli, articulo ultimo ovali aut ovato, 

 paulo crassiore. 



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

 quadrata aut subovatd truncata, ad apicem an- 

 gustiori, margine supero late emarginato, ad an- 

 gulos rotundato ; alia basilari, prioris stipite, sub- 

 cordata, apice truncato. 



Caput subquadratum ; clypei sutura transversa semper di- 

 stinctd, lateribus rotundatis, margineque reflexo. 

 Corpus subconvexum ovatum ; Elytris abdomine 

 brevioribus. Thorax transversus, subquadratus ; 

 Scutello distincto. Sternum rarissime productum. 

 Pedes graciliores. 



