of some species of Clirijsomela, Sfc. 187 



Fcem. — Ahdoniinis segmento anali obtuse truncato. 



A. Viridi-raetallica aiit viridi-cyanea, thoracis basi 



elyti-orumquc linca suturali vittaque discoidali 

 cyaneis. 



B. Elytris olivaceo-ffineis aut reneis, signaturis ut 



in A. 



C. Tota viridi-mctallica aut viridi-tenea. 



D. Nigra, elytris ciipreis. 



E. Tota nigra. 



F. Tota cuprea. 

 Long. 3-| — 4 lin. 



Ilab. — Switzerland, Spain, Italy, South of France. 



Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; sides usually 

 rounded, parallel at the extreme base, more rarely straight 

 and converging from the base to beyond the middle ; disk 

 distinctly punctured ; sides thickened, bounded within by 

 a coarsely-punctured longitudinal excavation. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, oblong, parallel in the $ , slightly 

 dilated posteriorly in the ? , convex, aciculate-puuctate, 

 interspaces finely rugulose. 



Ch. speciosissima is very similar in all its parts to 

 Ch. cacalicB. It is, however, smaller, much shorter and 

 broader in proportion to its length ; the elytra of the ? 

 are also less parallel, being slightly dilated posteriorly. 



Ckrysomela elegans, Aragona. 

 De Quib. Coleopt. 1830, p. 27. 

 Ch. Genei, Suffr. Mon. p. 147. 



Anguste oblongo-ovata $ ; magis ovata 2 , convexa ; 

 thorace distincte hie illic disperse punctato, lateribus in- 

 crassatis, intus sulco integro, rude varioloso-jmnctato 

 marginatis ; elytris fortiter aciculato-punctatis, punctis 

 substriatim dispositis ; interspatiis nitidis, ad apicem vix 

 rugulosis, sparse irregulariter impresso-strigosis, sparse 

 tenuiter punctatis ; palporum maxillarium articido ultimo 

 ad penultimum fere sequilato, ovato, apice obtuso. 



Mas. — Tarsorum articulo basali modice dilatato, scmi- 

 ovato, illis tarsorum posteriorum duorum paullo longiori- 

 bus ; obdominis segmento anali apice obtuse truncato ; 

 telo robusto, valde curvato, apice reflexo, lateribus paral- 

 lelis, apice abrupte dilatato, hastato. 



