Volume 8, Plate XV / Entomology (Insects)

Lamellicornes

1. Rutela pulchella. About eight lines and a half long, a fine yellow inclining to green, the oval body with hinder thighs scarcely differing in the sexes and a rather small scutellum, the thorax green in the middle and yellow at the sides and front. The elytra are thickly covered with small punctures tending to form lines, yellow with the scutellar region and a curved band behind the middle green; a native of Brazil.
2. Macraspis fucata. About ten lines long, deep black, very highly polished and thickly covered with minute punctures, the genus marked by a very large scutellum equalling a third of the elytra. The thorax is margined with deep yellow and each wing-case bears two broad yellow stripes uniting behind; confined to the tropical New World, it has the habits of its commoner relatives, suspending in numbers on tree leaves, but is much rarer and appears later in the year.
3. & 4. Melolontha Fullo. Nearly an inch and a half long, dark brown with the whole upper surface irregularly marked with white patches and spots, a regular white line down the thorax and another less regular on each side, the antennae and legs reddish brown. Either less destructive or too few to do much mischief, it is of very rare occurrence in Britain where it is usually found on the seashore, occurring also in France and southern Europe.