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ANISOPLIA SUTURALIS. 
The Sutherland Bracken-Clock. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Melolonthidae. 
Type of the Genus, Scarabseus Horticola Linn, 
Am&ovmA.Meg.,Curt. — Phyllopertha2foV6.— -ScarabseusZi?m.,P*m 2 ., 
Fab., Mars. — Melolontha Fab., Gyl. 
Antennae not longer than the head, clavate, inserted close before 
the eyes, pilose and 9 -jointed, basal joint longer than the 5 fol- 
lowing, stout and clavate, 2nd globose, 3 following oblong, of 
equal length, the 5th truncated obliquely, 6th cup-shaped, the 
remainder forming a lamellate ovate club (6<J), smaller in the 
female. 
Labrum nearly concealed beneath the clypeus, transverse and 
rather deeply emarginate, angles rounded, margin ciliated with 
hairs and bristles (1). 
Mandibles stout, subtrigonate, rounded externally, tridentate at 
the apex, with a deep excavation on the inside, filled by a mem- 
brane ; pubescent at the margin, the basal portion serrated, 
thickened and flattened internally, the edges serrated (2). 
Maxillae subtrigonate, the apex horny and forming 5 or 6 strong 
teeth, the internal margin ciliated above. Palpi 4-jointed, basal 
joint small, 2nd obovate, a little longer than the 3rd, 4th the 
longest, subelliptic, a little dilated and truncated obliquely (3) . 
Mentum oblong, subovate, clothed with long hairs, the anterior 
portion cordate and fringed with short spines. Palpi inserted 
in cavities on each side towards the apex, short, curved and 
triarticulate, basal joint short ovate, 2nd larger, 3rd the largest, 
externally convex, subovate (4). 
Head orbicular: Clypeus broad , truncate, the angles rounded, the 
margin reflected and a little concave in the male. Eyes small and 
lateral, notched on the inside. Thorax broader than the head, con- 
vex, transverse, concave before, posterior angles acute : scutellum 
triangular. Elytra broader than the thorax and ovate. Wings 
ample. Legs rather long : tibiae, anterior compressed and produced 
externally at the apex, where they are emarginate and form 2 distinct 
teeth in the male (5 <J) ; 4 posterior with 2 oblique series of spines 
outside, the apex regularly spined, with a pair of strong unequal 
spurs on the inside : tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior stoutest in the male, the 
apex of each joint armed with strong spines beneath : claws strong 
and unequal the internal one being considerably the largest and bifid 
in the anterior and intermediate pairs (5) . 
Suturalis Newm. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 132. No. 2 a . 
Shining black with a green tinge, sparingly clothed with long 
soft pale hairs : head thorax and scutellum green, irregularly 
punctured, the former very thickly in front ; 5 first joints of 
antennas ochreous, the 2 basal ones with a black spot above ; 
elytra dull ochreous, with numerous irregular and faint lines 
of punctures, the suture, shoulders and external margin black, 
very narrow at the apex, where there is a brown spot on each 
side ; spines of tarsi and tips of claws ferruginous. 
In the Cabinets of Mr. James Wilson, Sir W. Jar dine, and the Author . 
