Areoda Lanigera. Capite thoraceque aureis, elytris luteis, corpore subtus lanato. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.)
Syn. Scarabæus Lanigerus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. II. p. 555. 67.
Melolontha L. Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 165. 26. Oliv. Ent. 1. 5. p. 21. 17. t. 4. f. 39. a. b. Herbst. Col. III. p. 152. 109. t. 26. f. 8.
Areoda L. MacLeay Horæ Ent. 1. part 1. p. 158.
Habitat: New York, and other parts of North America.
Head brownish yellow, being divided in the middle by a transverse suture, the front or fore part being margined, and very plain or even; posterior part shining green or pearl colour, according to the various directions in which it is held. Thorax and scutellum of a changeable brown yellow colour. Between the thorax and the elytra is a row of pale yellow or white hairs. Elytra lemon-coloured, surrounded by a very small, narrow, black margin, and minutely punctured. Abdomen shining green black, covered with a multitude of grey hairs. Legs red brown. Anterior tibiæ broad and thin; being black on the outside, where they are armed with three strong spines or teeth. Intermediate and posterior tibiæ with two spurs. Ungues remarkably bent and long.
ORYCTES NASICORNIS.
Plate [XXXIV]. fig. 7. ♂.-8. ♀.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Dynastidæ.
Genus. Oryctes, Illiger. Geotrupes, Fabr. Scarabæus, Linn.