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name Melolontha elongata , but Olivier had previously given this 
same name to a much larger South American beetle. It there¬ 
fore became necessary to re-name this species, and we accordingly 
in the next record that is made of it (Schonherr’s Syn. iii, 210), 
find the Fabrician epithet changed to elongatula. Thus the latter 
comes to be the legitimate name of this insect. Dr. Le Conte 
appears to have overlooked these facts and goes back again to the 
Fabrician name. In Dr. F. E. Melsheimer’s Catalogue the genus 
Dychelonycha is credited to Dr. Harris. Dr. H. originally pro¬ 
posed the name Dichelonyx for this genus, but gave no description 
of it; and it is therefore to Mr. Kirby that we are indebted for 
this name and genus as it at present stands. 
205. Linear forked-ci.aw, Dychelonycha linearis , Gyll. 
In company with the preceding, a beetle closely resembling it 
but slightly larger and having its thorax covered with short pros¬ 
trate yellow hairs. 
206. Back’s forked-claiy, Dichelonycha Backii, Kirby. 
Occasionally found in company with the preceding, a beetle 
differing from it by having its antennae and forward thighs 
blackish instead of pale yellow. 
207. Green-striped foiiked-claw, Dichelonycha subvittata, Leconte. 
Associated with the foregoing, a beetle resembling the elongated 
forked-claw, but having a shining deep green' spot on the 
shoulder and another on the tip of each wing cover, these spots 
sometimes connected by a green stripe on the middle of the wing 
cover its whole length, and its hind shanks and feet not discolored 
with blackish. Dr. Le Conte credits this species to Lake Supe¬ 
rior, but it is common also through Northern New-York and 
Vermont. 
208. Hairy Attelabus, jfttelabus pubescens, Say. (Coleoptera. Attcla- 
bidas.) 
Eating holes in the leaves in June and July, a short thick¬ 
bodied dull red or yellow weevil, its surface covered with short 
pale yellow prostrate hairs which are often rubbed off' in places, 
and its breast black. Length about 0.20. 
