Plate XXVlll.— Continued. 



sinnato to the posterior angles; very finely shagreened ; with a fine internipted and abbreviated 

 central impressed line, and an oblique linear black mark on each side. Elytra truncate at the tip, 

 the external angles produced into a long acute spine, the internal or sutural angles obtuse; each 

 with ten deeply punctate stria;, and one, abbreviated, at the base next the suture, the punctures 

 black ; interstices smooth, convex, the 2d, 4th, and 8th, wider and more convex than the rest. 

 Legs long and slender, ferruginous, apex of femora and tarsi, except the base of the fourth joint, 

 black. Length, 3|-4| lines. Very rare. 



Fig. 247. DONACIA TYPHiE, Brahm, Curtis. [F. Donaciidse, G. Donacia, K] 



Elongate, above brassy or brassy green, with a silky lustre, elytra with a coppery or steel-blue 

 stripe next the suture. Head finely granulate, clothed with a dense silvery-grey pile, forehead 

 with a broad central channel and a narrow one on each side ; anteunaj with the basal joint brassy, 

 the remainder pitchy, their bases narrowly ferruginous. Thorax a little longer than broad, 

 slightly narrowed behind; anterior angles olituse, but slightly prominent, deflexed; sides with an 

 oblong tubercle immediately behind the anterior angles, succeeded by a minute emargination, 

 beyond which they are sub-angularly produced, and thence sinuate to the base; posterior angles 

 obtuse, slightly prominent; the disc rather depressed; thickly punctate ; with a shallow central 

 furrow. Scutellum clothed mth a silvery grey pubescence, with a narrow central denuded space. 

 Elytra emarginate at the tips ; striate-puuctate, the punctures irregular at the base and apex ; 

 interstices slightly convex, very finely transversely rugulose. Legs long, slender, brassy black, 

 pubescent, base and inner edge of tibia; and base of thighs ferruginous. Length, 4— 4i^ lines. Not 

 common, although widely distributed. 



Fig. 248, PSYLLIODES CHALCOMERA, 77%. [F. Halticidse. G. Psylliodes, Latr.] 

 (Macrocnema unimaculata, Curtis.) 



Ovate, convex, above dark blue, sometimes with a green or violet tint, shining. Head minutely 

 punctate, the mouth, and antenna;, pitchy, four basal joints of the latter ferruginous. Thorax 

 transverse, convex, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, thickly and minutely punctate, with 

 large irregularly scattered {)unctures. Elytra wider than the thorax, ovate, punctate-striate, 

 insterstices flat, minutely punctate. Beneath black with a faint brassy tint. Legs ferruginous, 

 posterior thighs much swollen, brassy black, the extreme tips ferruginous. Length, 1-lf lines. 

 Not uncommon ; on thistles. 



Fig. 249. GALERUCA VIBURNI, Payk., Curtis. [F. Galerucida. G. Galeruca, Geoffr.'] 



Oblong, convex, reddish brown, finely shagreened, minutely punctate, with a dense silky 

 yellowish grey pile, sub-opaque. Head with a large triangular black jiatch on the crown ; antenuie 

 ferruginous, the tips of each joint fuscous. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, base tri-sinuate, 

 sides rounded; with a broad, shallow, central channel, and a large impression on each side, the 

 channel and the lateral margins black. Elytra dilated posteriorly, convex, the shoulders, and 

 not unfrequently the entire outer margin, black or fuscous. Length, 2^-3 lines. Not uncommon. 



Fis.250. CASSIDA OBLONGA, //%. [F. Cassididae. G. Cassida, Z,.] (C. salicornire, C.) 



Oblong ovate, convex, slightly shining, above pale green, fading to greyish yellow, with a faint 

 green tinge after death. Head and underside black ; abdomen with a broad testaceous margin ; 

 antenna; and legs testaceous, the former fuscous towards the apex. Thorax transverse, narrowed 

 anteriorly, base bi-sinu.ite, rounded at the sides and in front ; posterior angles well developed, 

 sli^'litly acute, summits obtuse; sides flattened, somewhat deflexed, thickly and minutely reticulate, 

 and rather thickly punctate ; disc nearly smooth. Elytra punctate-striate; interstices flat, smooth, 

 the 2d and 3d wider than l!;c rest, the latter with a short irregular row of large shallow punc- 

 tures in the middle; each, during life, with a broad, brilliant, silvery green stripe occui)ying the 

 sp.ace between the 2d and oth, occasionally extending to the 7th stria. Length, 2^-2i^ lines. Not 

 uncommon in marshy places. 

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