262 PIIYTOPHAGA — CllKYSOMELIDAE. 



and close, of elytra tolerably deep and unequal. L. 4 — 5 1. 

 Common. T. coriaria. Fab. 



Chrysoinela, 



A, Elytra confusedly punctured, with or without irregular 

 double rows of larger punctures. 



a. Upper-side unicolorous bronze or dark blue. 



T. Antennae slender ; sides of thorax raised. 



1. Length 4 — 4-^- lines. 



Short oval. Bronze or greenish-bronze ; mouth, an- 

 tennae and under-side rust-yellow. Side border of thorax 

 narrowly separate and raised ; elytra irregularly coarsely 

 punctured. Common. C. Banhsi, Fab. 



2. Length 2i— 3 lines. 



Oval. Yellow-brown, shiny. Side border of thorax 

 separated by a broad impression and raised ; punctuation 

 fine, elytra with irregular double rows. Common. 



G. staphylaea, Lin. 



II. Antennae short ; sides of thorax not raised. 



1, Elytra simply punctured. 



A A. Elytra coarsely punctured ; length 2\ — 2f 



lines. 



Short oval. Dark blue, violet, dark green or bronze. 



Sides of thorax shallowly impressed before posterior angles. 



Bather common. C. v avians, Fab. 



a S, Elytra rather finely punctured ; length 

 3 — 4 lines. 

 Oval. Blue ; palpi, antennae and tarsi rust-yellow. 

 Not very common. C. goettinge7isis, Lin. 



2, Elytra finely punctured, with an admixture of 

 larger punctures, placed in irregular double rows. 



Hemispherical. Black-blue; base of antennae reddish. 

 Thorax closely and finely punctured. L. 2f — 3| 1. Com- 

 mon. C. haemoptera, Lin. 



b. Upper-side dark blue or brownish, with red margin 

 to elytra. 

 I, Elytra confusedly punctured. 



1. Punctuation of elytra deep, confluent. 



