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Family. MELOLONTHID^E, MacLeay. 



Genus. Lepidiota, Kirby. 

 Type of the Genus. Melolontha Stigma, Fab. 



Caput cum oculis transversum, clypeo rotundato 

 subemarginato reflexo. 



Antennce 10-articulata3, articulo primo crasso, 

 barbato, reliquis articulis sicut in Eucirro, 7- mo 

 patereeformi. 



Palpi maxillares 4-articulati, articulo extimo 

 semiovato. 



Mentum in medio excavatum utrinque gibbum. 



Prosternum verticale trigonum intus ad basin 

 pedum anticorum extensum. 



Mesostevnum inter pedes intermedios prominens. 



Unguiculi medio dente armati. 



Corpus oblongo-ovatum cinereo squamosum. 



Cubitus 2-dentatus dente externo elongato. 



This genus appears to differ from Eucirrus chiefly 

 in the following points : In the number of the teeth 

 of the interior tibise, in the shortness of the maxil- 

 lary palpi, in being entirely covered with a squamous 

 clothing, which is absent in the former, and in other 

 minor points. The species are numerous, and seem 

 confined to Asia and Africa, with their adjacent 

 Isles. Mel. Rorida and Tomentosa of Fabricius, 

 and Mel. Calanus and Rafflesii of Hope, all from 

 the East Indies, belong to this sub-genus. 



