Genus. Pelidnota, MacLeay. Scarabæus, Linn.
Pelidnota Punctata. Testacea, elytrorum singulo punctis tribus fuscis distantibus. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)
Syn. Scarabæus Punctatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. II. p. 557. 76.
Melolontha P. Fabricius Syst. El. II. p. 166. 28. Olivier Ent. 1. 5. p. 22. t. 1. f. 6. a. b. Herbst. Col. III. p. 69. 16. t. 23. f. 6.
Habitat: New York, Virginia, Maryland, Antigua.
Head brown orange; but round the eyes (which are black) and next the thorax of a shining brassy green. Thorax and elytra brown orange, and faintly margined; the former with two small black spots, and the latter with three on each side, one close to the thorax, another near the corner of the wing-cases, and the third in the middle. Scutellum shining bright green. Abdomen and legs greenish black. Tibiæ spinose and denticulated, especially at the tips; the three middle articulations of the tarsi are also furnished with spines.
AREODA LANIGERA.
Plate [XXXIV]. fig. 6.
Order: Coleoptera Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Melolonthidæ.
Genus. Areoda, Leach, MacLeay. Melolontha, Fabr. Scarabæus, Linn.