Plate XXVIII. 



Fig. 242. CALOMICRUS CIRCUMFUSUS, Marsh. (Male.) [F. Galerucidse. G. 

 Calomicrus, Steph.'] (Lupenis Brassicse, Curtis.) 



Oblong, above pale yellow, shining, base of thorax, sciitellum, suture and external margin of 

 elytra, and underside, black. Head minutely and sparsely punctate, with a transverse line 

 between the eyes ; antenna; black, the three basal joints yellowish brown. Thorax transverse, 

 rounded and narrowly margined behind, sides nearly straight, all its angles rounded ; finely and 

 sparsely punctate, with two impressions on the disc a little behind the middle ; the basal half 

 occupied by a large, anteriorly dentate, black patch. Elytra faintly and sparsely punctate. Legs 

 black, the anterior with the tibia; and apex of thighs reddish yellow. In the female the antenuK 

 are shorter, and the elytra distinctly dilated posteriorly. Length, I5-2 lines. Widely distributed 

 and locally abundant ; on the common furze. (^Ulex Eurojjccus.) 



Fig. 243. PHYLLOTRETA OCHRIPES, Curtis. (Male.) [F. Halticida;. G. Phyllotreta 

 Foudras.] (Altica ochripes, Curtis.) 



Elongate-ovate, black, shining ; anterior legs, tibise and tarsi of posterior legs, and a central 

 more or less interrupted vitta on each elytron, pale yellow. Head coarsely punctate ; antenufewith 

 joints 1-3 pale yellow, 4 and 5 black, the latter compressed and dilated, the remainder (6-11) 

 dusky. Thorax transverse, convex, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, coarsely punctate. 

 Elytra ovate, coarsely punctate, each with a broad, central, pale yellow stripe, more or less inter- 

 rupted in the middle externally. In the female the antenna; are simple, the four or five basal 

 joints pale yellow, the remainder dusky. Length, 1^ lines. Not rare in marshy places in the south. 



Fig. 244. PIIYLLOBROTICA QUADRIMACULATA, L. [F. Galerucids. G. Phyllo- 

 brotica, Redtb.~\ (Auchenia quadrimaculataj Curtis.) 



Oblong, ferruginous, shining; eyes, posterior portion of head, and two spots on each elytron, 

 black. Head with a transverse, arcuate, impressed line between the eyes, and a deep central furrow. 

 Thorax transverse, sub-qnadrate, slightly narrowed anteriorly, smooth, with a short central 

 furrow in front and behind, and a large shallow impression on each side of the disc. Elytra sparsely 

 and finely punctate, each with a circular black spot at the base, and a transverse black patch near 

 the apex. Underside, save the prothorax, black, sparsely clothed with yellow hairs, thickly and 

 finely punctate. Length, 3-4 lines. Common in marshy places in the south. 



Fig. 245. LEMA PUNCTICOLLIS, Curtis. [F. Crioceridffi. G. Lema, Fab:] (Crioceris 

 puncticollis, Cwtis.) 



Oblong, hlue with a violet tint, shining; antennse and tarsi black. Head coarsely rugulose- 

 punctate, forehead with two minute glabrous tubercles, crown with an elongate fovea. Thorax a 

 tritie longer than broad, constricted at the sides a little behind the middle, with a shallow trans- 

 verse impression at the base, and two coarsely and roughly punctate depressions on the disc, the 

 intervening space nearly smooth; coarsely and sparsely punctate at the sides. Ely tra oblong ; each 

 with ten rows of deep punctures, interstices flat, smooth. Legs rather long, sparingly clothed 

 with grey hairs. Length, 2-2| lines. Widely distributed, but rare. 



Fig. 246. H.EMONIA EQUISETI, Fab. [F. Donaciid«. G. Hsemonia, La/r.] Ma- 

 croplea Equiseti, Curtis.) 



Oblong, reddish yellow; head, antenna^, and underside, black, with a fine short silky 

 grey pile. Head with a broad, deep furixiw in front between the eyes; mouth ferruginous. 

 Tliorax elongate, rounded in front, the anterior angles obtuse but slightly prominent; posterior 

 angles acute and prominent ; sides with an oblong tubercle before the middle, thence gently 



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