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._ 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. {71}ORYCTES NASICORNIS. Plate XXXIV. fig. 7. [male].-8. [female]. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Dynastidæ. GENUS. ORYCTES, _Illiger_. Geotrupes, _Fabr._ Scarabæus, _Linn._ ORYCTES NASICORNIS. Thorace prominentiâ triplici, capitis cornu recurvo, elytris lævibus. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Scarabæus Nasicornis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 11. _p._ 544. _No._ 15. _Oliv. Ent._ 1. 3. _p._ 37. _No._ 41. _t._ 3. _f._ 19. _a-d_. _Panzer Faun. Ins. G._ 28. _No._ 2. [male]. _Roesel Ins._ 11. I. _p._ 41-65. _n._ 5. _t._ 7. _f._ 8. [male]. _f._ 10. [female]. & _t._ 6, 8 & 9. Larva, Pupa, &c. _Stephens Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mandibulata_, 3. _p._ 216. HABITAT: Holland, and other parts of Europe.