Hattleei. g7? 



Chryfomta fmi cenea, Fahr. Eieui, i, 44$. 15^. 

 tialleniCsi,fmn'Cenea, Payk, fn, 2. lop. J2. 



Var. by elytris rufo« ferru^ineis, futura vf- 

 i-efcenti-ccerulea, anterius Jat»ori» 



Habltat in p^aniis & gramine, locis aridis; 

 pijffim* 



Defcr, H* Modeeri. N.'0 46 infr», fere dimuUo 

 lott^ior, fed non latior, nec thorax poftice dt-pref- 

 fsis ut \n illa. Caput triangulare, obfGure virefcenss, 

 fub ftitidum, crebre, fubtiliffime punclul^itutn, fronte 

 inter antennas ftri^a tl^aiisverfj^ impreffa j os idiceum^ 

 oculi prominuii bjunnei. Antennse vix Jon^itudine 

 climidii corpoiis, craf/iiifcu'ae, baii fufco ferruf^ineac, 

 extrorfum gradatim maito craffiores, ni^Tse, articu- 

 lo ultimo obiique acuminato. Thorax brevis, trans- 

 Verfns, antice paullo latior. tfuncatus, lateiibus an». 

 te medium dijatato- rotundatus ; ang-ufte margina- 

 tus, bafi bi finuatus, fupra modice convexus, obfcut- 

 re virefcens, psrum aeneo-mic^ns, ccncinne, fed mi- 

 nus crebre pan6lulatus; ad bafin utrinque, verlufi 

 inarginem, iineola nonnihil obiiqua, fat profunds 

 imprefTa. Scutellum parvum, rotundatum, coerUieo- 

 virefcens, Iseve, Eiytra antics tborace ,par«m latio- 

 ra, verfus medium nonnihii dilatata, thorace fextu- 

 plo longiora, fupra vaide convexaj re^ulanter & 

 iat profunde pun6tato - ftriata, interftitiis Jaevibusj 

 anterius aut nigro coerulea, aut. coeruleo- virefcentia, 

 nitida , apice nd tertiam fere partem totius elytrl, 

 rufo.ferruginea, interdum diiutius teftacea* Coipus 

 fubtus ni|Trum, parum virefcenti micans, crebre, fub- 

 tililfime pun6lulatum. Pedes rufo teftacei, femori- 

 bus pofticis magnis, nigro- virefcentibus ; fernora 

 anferiora etiam interdum rufo picea; tibiae pofticse 

 apice, ad infertionem tarfuum, truncatse, acumin© 

 njinuto tsntum armatse. 



Inl\ Svii, r. /♦ P. IIL Oo Var. 



