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THE Cornell university Agricultural Experiment Station has issued Memoir 266 on the "External Morphology of Amphimallon Majalis, the European Cof c T, by F. H. Butt (University Ithaca, New YorHfcflJecember 1944). The European chafer, it is . of corisiderable interest to hear, is a very modern introduced species,,, first reported in Wayne Cot aty, I ew York, \ in 1942, as being very destructive to lawns and to pasture lands in this region, the greatest destruction being done during its larval stages. The insect was closely studied in its three larval stages, and a life-history was published in 1943. The paper describes the external morphology of these various stages of the insect, with thirteen excellent plates. The generic name Amphimallon is attributed to Latreille. Most entomologists and foresters of the older generations will be better acquainted with the insect under its old-time name of' Melolontha vulgaris, a well-known pest in European continental hardwood forests, especially oak, as is the case in Great Britain.
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The European Chafer in America. Nature 158, 512 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158512c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/158512c0