460 Chryfometa* 



Habitat in foliis SdlicU, Populi, frequens; 

 var. a & b, fepafatim degunt, & cutn 

 fioiilibus tantum copuiantun 



Drfcr» ♦S'tat:ura &: magnitndo C. poUtse* C*. 

 put ni^ro fub - coerulefceas , fronte deprefTa , inae- 

 quali, faspe canalicuUti , parce punftita, oculis ob- 

 longts brunneis. Anteniiae thorace parutn longio* 

 r?s, inferne piceo - ferrugineae , extforfum craffiores, 

 nigrae. Thorax transverfus, antice iate emargina- 

 tus, lateribus fub-reftis , angulle marginatis, bafi 

 fub » finuatus , angulis acuminatis ; fupra parum con- 

 vexus , in medio longitudinaliter nigro - coefulefcenf, 

 nitidus, fubtiliffime pun6lulatus , lateribus iate, in- 

 aequaliter iuteo- ferrue^ineis , profundius punftatif, 

 cum pun6to parvo fufco, p^ullo anfe medium utrin- 

 ^ue* Scutelium parvum, triangulare, caeruko- vire- 

 fcens, Elytra rhoracis bafi latiora , & pone bafin, 

 iiltra medium, magis dilatata, thorace fere quintu- 

 plo iongiora, apice, in femina reflexo- acuminata, 

 in mare fub-mutica, fupra valde convexa, coeruleo- 

 violacea, interdum nigro-violacea, nitida, creberrime 

 vage pun6lu(ata«. Corpus fubtus nigrum, parum coe- 

 ruiefcenti micans, vix punftatum, ventris margini- 

 bus poftice ferrugineis. Pedes mediocres , nigro- 

 coerulefcentes, nifidi, tibiis apice craffioribas, exter- 

 ne canaiiculacis^ f^epius macula oblonga rufefcente 

 Bsotatis» 



Var* b, colore tantum difFert; thoracis latera ia 

 Vivo fere alba, poft mortem flavo-albida, Elytra vi* 

 {ridl- senesp interdum violaceo- tinda^ 



I0# C. f a n g u i n o 1 c n t a : o vata', nigro- coe- 

 "* ruie(cen«, clytris nigris, profunde rugofo- 

 ^undittis^ margine lateiali late fanguineo» i 



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