THE MEL OL ONTHIDsE. 
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these brilliant creatures belong to the genus Euchlora ; they are 
small Coleoptera very much like the cockchafers in shape, and are 
usually of a beautiful green colour, and their antennae are made up 
BEETLES of Melolontha fullo. 
of nine joints. One of the commonest species is the vine Euchlora ; 
it is of a beautiful metallic green colour, and its elytra are striated 
and covered with points. It often does great mischief to vineyards. 
Another European kind also resembles the cockchafers, and is 
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