CHRYSOMELA. 
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of a red colour, with a somewhat cylindric thorax. 
It is a native of our own Island, and measures 
about a third of an inch in length. 
Chrysomtla Boleti is a middle-sized species of a 
black colour, with three waved yellow bands across 
the wing-sheaths. It is an English insect, and is 
chiefly found on Boleti and other Fungi. 
Chryso7nela Tndica greatly resembles the former^ 
but is of larger size, and is brown with two waved 
yellow bands across the wing-sheaths. It is found 
in India. 
Chrysomela Surinamensis is one of the larger 
insects of the genus, is of a deep blue colour, and 
of a smooth surface, with the antennas and feet 
brown. It is found in Surinam, and sometimes 
varies into copper-colour. 
Chrysomela Gigas {Fuessli Arch.) is a large 
species entirely of a fine blue colour. It is said to 
be a native of Surinam, and in point of habit or 
general appearance makes a near approach to a 
species of Tenebrio not uncommon in our own 
Island. 
Chrysomela gibhosa is a large species, of a pale 
orange-colour with numerous, small black spots, 
and a transverse band across the middle and tips 
of the wing-sheaths, which rise up into an almost 
conical convexity in the middle: the thorax is 
black. It is a native of South-America. 
Chrysomela gigantea^ the largest of the genus, is 
black, with the wing-shells marked by very nu- 
merous orange-coloured spots, and is a native of 
India. 
