of some species nf Clirysomcla, ^c. 185 



Foem. — Abdominis segmento anali apice bisimiato, 

 lobo intermedio producto, angulato. 



A. Yiridi-metallica aiit viridi-cyanea, thoracis basi 



elytronimqvie linea sutnrali vittaque lata vel 

 plaga subhumerali cajriileo-metallicis. 



B. Tota caariileo-metallica. 

 Long. 4 — 5 lin. 



//a/5». — European Alps. 



Thorax half as broad again as long ; sides parallel and 

 slightly sinuate behind the middle, slightly dilated and 

 rounded in front, the hinder angles very acute ; disk 

 rather strongly and irregularly, but not closely punctured ; 

 sides coarsely and more closely rugulose-punctate ; lateral 

 margin broad, thickened, impressed Avitli a few coarse 

 punctures, bounded within by a deep, entire, longitudinal 

 coarsely-punctured groove. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, parallel or nearly so in both sexes, less convex 

 than in most of the other species, distinctly punctured, 

 the interspaces aciculate, irregularly wrinkled. 



This species is most nearly allied structurally to Ch. 

 speciosissima ; its larger size, narrower form, the parallel 

 sides of the elytra in both sexes, together with the greater 

 elongation of all its parts, more especially of the apical 

 lobe of the telum, will separate it from that species. 



Ch. tussihtfjinis, Suftr., is considered by Dr. Kraatz as 

 a variety of this species. I have given the synonyms 

 with doubt, as Suffi'ian says, " liinten etivas erweitert^'' but 

 a specimen labelled tussilaginis from Miierkel's collection 

 is equally parallel with the typical form. 



Chrysomela elongata, Zeigl. 



SufFr. Mon. p. 146. 



speciosissima, var. Kraatz, Berl. Zeit. 1859, p. 286. 



Elongata, postice in utroque sexu distincte ampliata, 

 convexa, thorace fortiter irregulariter punctato, lateribus 

 incrassatis, intus sulco lougitudinali nide foveolato mar- 

 ginatis ; clytris sat fortiter aciculato-punctatis, intersjiatiis 

 levitcr riigulosis ; palporum maxillariiun articulo ultimo 

 quam peuultimo angustiori, ovato, apice obtuso. 



3Ias. — Tarsoriim articorum articulo basali modice dila- 

 tato, semiovato ; illis tarsoruin posteriorum longioribns, 

 longitudinc inter so fere aiqualibus ; abdominis segmento 



