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apex), often scutellum and rarely part of legs black. 

 Thorax much more than twice as broad as long, sides 

 rounded, disc coarsely, scantily punctured, with a depres- 

 sion on each side ; elytra jointly rounded at apex, sutural 

 apical angle right angled, their disc sometimes dark. L. 

 2 — 2^ 1. Common. A. sanguinea, Fab. 



Galeruca, 



A, Upper-side distinctly punctured. 



re. Sutural apical angle of elytra obtuse or rounded. 



Upper-side lighter or darker yellow-brown ; thorax yel- 

 lowish ; an oblong spot on thorax, vertex of head, scutellum 

 and shoulders of elytra black ; uncler-side black or pitch- 

 brown, apex of abdomen and the legs yellow-brown. Fore- 

 head with a fine central furrow and without prominences. 

 L. 21 — 2| 1. Common. G. lincola, Fab. 



h, Sutural apical angle of elytra forming a sharply 

 pointed tooth. 



I. Thorax dull, as hairy as elytra and with large, dis- 

 tinct punctures throughout, broadest in middle, 

 evenly narrowed before and behind. 



1. Thorax with black central furrow, posterior 

 angles blunt. 



Upper-side lighter or darker yellow-brown; vertex of 

 head, central furrow of thorax, scutellum and often 

 shoulders black ; under-side black, with prosternum, legs 

 and anus yellow-brown. Elytra sometimes with a blackish 

 lateral streak. L. If — 2 1. Common. 



G. calmariensis, Lin. 



2, Thorax entirely yellow, posterior angles dis- 

 tinctly prominent. 



Very similar to G. calmariensis, but with upper-side 

 lighter ; elytra brownish-yellow; with yellow border. 

 L. If 1. Common. G. tenella, Lin. 



II, Thorax shiny, almost bare, punctured in lateral 

 depressions only, broadest before middle, much 

 more narrowed behind than before. 



1. Thorax with three feeble black spots ; length 2 

 lines. 



