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Kcutol witli prostrate white hair : elytra iiakeJ, with hlue and 

 coppery reflections, coiifluciitly punctured, lateral edj;e deeply 

 arcuated : beneath covered with white prostrate hair : feet 

 piceous. 



Length over one-fnurtlj (if an imh. 



Much larger than C (/mniiiinnia Fahr., much more hairy 

 above, and the lateral edge of the elytra more piofuuiidly ex- 

 fa vatcd. 



CIIRYSO.MKLA Linn. 



'•>. ('. haupa. — Green; elytra with loundid whitii-h .spots. 



Inhabits Mexico. [198] 



Body dark green, somewhat metallic, puiRtured : head with an 

 impressed angular line between the antcnn:e : antenna) honey- 

 yellow, at tip fuscou.s : labrum and palpi honey -yi'llow : thorax 

 irregularly, and in parts confluently punctured, particularly on 

 the sides J on the disk the punctures are sparse: elytra with a 

 cupreous tinge, and more or less arcuated and abbreviated series 

 of punctures, including the wliitish sjjots ; spots unc(jual, more 

 or less rounded, between twenty and thirty in number, yellowish- 

 white, the largest one on the humeral margin and bilobate, two 

 geminate ones at ba.se, none on the sutural margin : wings carnc- 

 ous : beneath tinged with cupreous, on the venter : feet honey- 

 yellow. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



A common species, easily distinguishal>le from others. 



GALLERUCA Fabr. 



1. G. LKPIDA. — Sanguineous; elytra blackish, bifasciate with 

 white. 



Inhabits Mexico. 



Head sanguineous : anteiML-u white: thorax narrow, sanguine- 

 ous, with a transverse, slightly indented line, impunctured : ely- 

 tra blue-black, obsoletcly and irregularly punctured ; a transverse, 

 bilobate, abbreviated band before the middle, and a transverse, 

 oval spot near the tip, yellowish-white : feet yellowish-white. 



Length less than one-fourth of an inch. 



Habit of G. i-miictil<fta Fabr., but not so much elongated. 



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