. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 174 short, blunt. Front tibia armed with three acute teeth, the two terminal ones very long. Tarsi rather long and slender. J . The abdomen is arched and slightly grooved. One species only is known in our region. 151. Epicometis squalida. 8carabfeus pqualidus, L., Syst. :S(it. V2i\\ ed. 1767, i, 2, p. 556. Cetonia ciinita, Charp., Hoi: Ent. 1825, p. 213. Epicometis crinita, Bunn., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 436; Schaum, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1849, p. 267. Shining black, thickly clothed with yellow hairs, except upon the middle of the metas
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 174 short, blunt. Front tibia armed with three acute teeth, the two terminal ones very long. Tarsi rather long and slender. J . The abdomen is arched and slightly grooved. One species only is known in our region. 151. Epicometis squalida. 8carabfeus pqualidus, L., Syst. :S(it. V2i\\ ed. 1767, i, 2, p. 556. Cetonia ciinita, Charp., Hoi: Ent. 1825, p. 213. Epicometis crinita, Bunn., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 436; Schaum, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1849, p. 267. Shining black, thickly clothed with yellow hairs, except upon the middle of the metasternum and abdomen, the costa; upon the pronotum and elytra, and the scu- tellum. The elytra are decorated with inconspicuous transverse yellow markings. The head and clypeiis are finely granulated and the pronotum rugosely punctured, with a narrow smooth carina extending froui the front to the hind margin. The protTiorax is rather narrow, scarcely broader than it is long, obtusely angulated at the lateral margin, with the hind angles feebly indicated and the base broadly and gently excised before the scu- Fig. â iO.âEpiamciis squalida. tellum. The scutellum is almost smooth, and the elijtra are rugosely punctured and striated, each having a smooth sutural costa and a lateral one Avhich is divided at the shoulder by a wedge-shaped depression. The pugidium is finely rugose and the middle of the metustermim and abdomen very smooth and shining. cj. The abdomen is excavated in the middle and entirely smooth. 2 . The ventral surface is convex and the last two segments are punctured and hairy. Lemjth 9-5-13 mm.; breadth 0-8 mm. BALCcnisTAN : Quetta ; AV. Asia ; Europe ; N. Africa. This well-known and widely-distributed insect is very abundant in the Mediterranean region, where it inflicts serious injury upon various crops. It is reported to injure peach-blossoms by destroying the stamens, and in Greece, Corsica, Algeria, and other vine-growing countries, damages the buds of the gro
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