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Ovate, convex. Pale red-yellow ; breast, abdomen, and 

 eyes black. Thorax not very convex, finely punctured ; 

 elytra a little broader at base than thorax, with regular 

 rows of tolerably strong punctures, effaced before apex. L. 

 1 1. Moderately common. G. ventralis, 111. 



Mantura. 



A. Length 1^ — 1| lines. 



u. Elytra dark blue or greenish-blue, with apex reddish; 

 front pairs of femora red-yellow. 



Elongate ovate, very convex. Head and thorax greenish- 

 bronze ; under-side black ; antennae reddish at base, black 

 at apex ; legs red-yellow, with posterior femora greenish- 

 black. Forehead with large punctures ; thorax strongly 

 punctured. Common. M. rustic a, Lin. 



b. Elytra entirely blackish-blue ; all femora black. 



Oblong-ovate, convex. Upper-side blackish-blue ; under- 

 side black ; antennae red-yellow at base, black at apex ; 

 legs (except femora) reddish. Head and thorax finely and 

 closely punctured, latter and elytra a little broader than in 

 M. rustica. L. 1| 1. Not very common. 



M. ohtusata, Gyll. 

 S, Length 1 line. 



a. Elytra bronze or coppery (apex sometimes yellow- 

 red) ; front pairs of femora reddish. 



Upper-side bronze or coppery ; under-side black, with 

 bronze reflection ; antennae red-yellow at base, black at 

 apex ; legs reddish, with posterior femora pitchy. Much 

 shorter and more oval than M. rustica, thorax more finely 

 and closely punctured, base of elytra scarcely broader than 

 that of thorax. Not common. M. chrysanthemi, E. H. 



&. Elytra bronze-green or blue ; all femora pitch-black. 



Head and thorax green, or bronze-green; under-side black; 

 antennae red-yellow at base, black at apex ; legs (except 

 femora) red. More cylindrical than M. chrysanthemi, 

 thorax a little narrower in front, and more closely punc- 

 tured, first two rows of punctures on elytra slightly con- 

 fused at base. Eather common. M. Matthcwsi, Curt. 



