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phyllophagous ; and I am inclined to believe that the larvae 

 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 

 ■A)ioplognathid(R are very numerous, and appear to take 

 the place occupied in the old world by the Melolonthidtf. 

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

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

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

 per here to. mention that Mr. Kirby's. genus Jpngomn^ 

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

 South American, is ascertained from specimens in . the; 

 cabinet of.theXinnaean Society and in that of my father; 

 to belong, to the East Indies, . ... 



