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Melolonthides. 
Kraatz has published (Berl. ent. Zeitsclir. 1864, pp. 1-16) an 
elaborate discussion of the specific identity and distinctness of 
the supposed European species of the Melolontha. He 
reduces the number of distinct species to three, of which the 
remainder are regarded as varieties, as shown in the following 
Table : — 
1. Melolontha vulgaris fFabr.) with var. alhida (Redt.), from Germany ; 
Var. alhida (Mills.), from Germany and France ; var. alhida (Castlenaii), 
from Greece ; candiram (Burni.), from Greece and Syria j and var. extorris 
(Ericlis.), from S. Russia, 
2. Mdolontha pcctoralis (Germ.) with aceris (Erichs.), from Austria; var. 
rlienana (Bach), from Rhenish Prussia and Turkey; and alhida (Erichs.). 
3. Melolontha hippocastani (Fab.), from Europe. 
Ileyden states, Berl. ent. Zeits. p. 319, that Iloplia cancscens (Motsch.) = 
H. pilicollis (Exmhs.')] Polyphylla caucasica (Kol.) = P./M//o,var. horyi (Brull^), 
l.c. p. 320; Homaloplia pinnosa and alternata (Kiist.) are var. of H. ruricola, 
Anomala tunaia (VdlA.)=arcuata (Gebl.), according to Ileyden, 1. c. p. 321. 
W. MacLeay (Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. pp. 76-86) discusses the relations 
of PhyllotocHs, which ho considers to belong to the Glaphyridce^ and gives a 
detailed description of the characters of that genus, and characters of the 
known species. 
Stierlin (Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1863, p. 490) describes a peculiar variety of 
Iloplia ptdvei'osa, Kiister, from Sarepta. 
Jackel records the occurrence at Altmiihl, in 1864, of Anisoplia horticola in 
such numbers as to become injurious to agriculture, and especially to orchards. 
Many apple and cherry trees were completely stripped of their leaves, and 
the young fruit of the former was also eaten. The insect also attacked the 
hops, to which it did much damage. Corr.-Blatt. zool. -mineral. Ver. Regensb. 
pp. 79 & 80. 
New genera and species : — 
Cheiragra^ MacLeay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 86. Allied to PhyU 
lotocus, but with the clypeus rounded in front and without a suture, the 
antennae eight-jointed, the posterior femora thick, and the anterior tarsi and 
claws enlarged in the male. Sp. Cheiragra rujicollis^ pallida, lurida, MacLeay, 
I. c. p. 87, aphodioides, atra, and pygmcea, MacLeay, 1. c. p. 88, all from New 
South Wales. 
Maa othops, MacLeay, 1. c. p. 89. Distinguished from Pliyllotocus by its 
very long, filiform maxillary palpi, and by its clypeus being very long and 
rostriform, carinated and somewhat reflexed at the apex. Sp. Macrothops 
rostrata, MacLeay, 1. c. p. 89, from King George’s Sound ; Macrothops palli- 
dipennis, MacLeay, 1. c. p. 90, from Victoria River. 
W. MacLeay describes (Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. i.) Phyllotoeus Idngii, 
marginipennis, iridescens (p. 83), palliatus, marginatus, rujicollis (p. 84), and 
scutellaris (p. 85), all from New South Wales, and Phyllotoeus apicalis (p.86) 
from Port Denison. 
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