CHRYSOMELA. CHRYSOM EI.A. 
Generic Character. 
Antenna moniliformes ex- 
trorsum crassiores. 
Thorax marginatus. 
Corpus ovatum vel ob- 
lorigum, convexum. 
Anteyina moniliforin, thick- 
ening towards the tip. 
Thorax margined. 
Body ovate or oblong, 
convex. 
-I. HE genus Chrysomela is extremely extensive, 
and some modern entomologists have subdivided it 
into several others. 
Many of the Chrysomelag are very nearly allied 
in point of habit or general appearance to the 
Coccinellm, and have accordingly by different 
authors been arranged in either genus. Of this 
kind is the beautiful insect called Chrysomela 
Popuh or the Poplar Chrysomela: it is about twice 
the size of the common or seven-spotted Coccinella, 
and is of a bright red colour, with the tips of the 
wing-shells black, and the thorax of a greenish or 
•blueish black. It is found on the black and white 
poplars, willows, &c. and proceeds from a larva of 
nearly similar appearance to those of the genus 
Coccinella: it is of a pale yellowish green colour 
speckled with black, and edged with rows of small 
tubercles, those on the sides projecting in such a 
manner as to represent so many conical papilhe. 
