Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Melonthidæ, MacLeay.
Genus. Melolontha, Fabricius, &c. Scarabæus P. Linnæus.
Melolontha Occidentalis. Testaceus, thorace pubescente, elytris lineis quatuor parallelis, albis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Scarabæus occidentalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 11. p. 555. 62. Herbst. Col. III. p. 72. 19. t. 23. f. 8. Sch. Syn. Ins. 3. 169. 16. (Melolontha occ.) (Excl. Syn. Fabricius.) De Jean Cat. Col. Ed. 2. p. 159.
Habitat: Jamaica (Drury). Carolina (Linn.).
Head red brown, squarish, and margined, covered with short grey hairs. Thorax red brown, covered with short grey hairs, and with a white streak crossing it in the middle. Scutellum small, white, and triangular. Elytra red brown and margined, each being marked with three longitudinal white lines; one placed near the lateral margin, the other two in the middle. Suture white. Anus extending beyond the wing cases. Abdomen red brown, with grey rings. Legs red brown. The anterior tibiæ are furnished with three spurs, one sharp and small, the others thick and blunt. The other tibiæ are furnished with two sharp spurs. Ungues having an immoveable smaller one between them, and also two small spines, like hairs, springing from its root or base.
GOLIATHUS MICANS.
Plate [XXXII]. fig. 3.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Lamellicornes. Family: Cetoniidæ.
Genus. Goliathus, de Lamarck. Cetonia P. Fabr. Scarabæus P. Drury.