Chrysomela. | PHYTOPHAGA, 303 
at. Length 8-11 mm. ; form convex ; elytra 
with suture and margins obscurely 
pluishss0r COpperys. are neem 
bt. Length 5-7 mm.; form depressed ; 
elytra with the suture broadly blue, 
and a broad longitudinal blue band on 
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b. Upper surface marked with longitudinal bands 
of brilliant green, red, purple and copper 
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3. Elytra confusedly punctured, with more or less 
distinct rows of larger punctures. 
A. Larger punctures small and arranged near to- 
gether, interstices comparatively strongly 
punctured b siowlies 6.o% Caen counee act, bas 
B. Large punctures very coarse and arranged at 
the sides in pairs, interstices very finely punc- 
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C. @RAMINIs, L. 
C. DIDYMATA, Scriba. 
Cc. sanguinolenta, L. Of rather long oval, elliptic form, deep 
black, sometimes with a bluish reflection, margins of the elytra red; 
antenne thickened towards apex, with the first two joints yellow under- 
neath ; thorax very transverse, with the side margins raised, dise finely 
and moderately closely punctured ; elytra rather long with coarse punc- 
tuation which is confluent ; legs black, rather stout. L. 7-9 mm. 
Male with the three first joints of the tarsi strongly dilated, and the 
last ventral segment of the abdomen somewhat swollen. 
On dry grassy places and sandy hills; local; Scotland, local, Clyde, Sutherland, 
Orkney, and Shetland districts. : 
Cc. marginalis, Duft. (distinguenda, Steph. C. sanguinolenta, 
var., (1) auct.). Very like the preceding, but differing by its bluer 
colour, shorter and more oval form, and the less confluent punctuation 
of the elytra; the antenne also are less thickened and the disc of the 
thorax is almost smooth ; the colour of the side margins of the elytra 
and of the under-side of the first two joints of the antenna is also brighter 
and more marked. L. 7-8 mm. 
Grassy places; on the flowers of Linaria, &e.; local; London district not uncom- 
mon; Chatham, Belvedere, Plumstead, Croydon, Cowfold, Boundstone; Gorleston, 
Norfolk ; Pegwell Bay ; Abbey Wood ; Southampton ; Swansea ; Malvern ; Scotland, 
rare, Forth district. 
Cc. marginata, L. Oblong, moderately convex, upper surface bronze 
or reddish-bronze, with the thorax often darker than the elytra, which 
have a broad and well-defined yellowish-red border ; head very finely 
punctured, antenne dark with base red; thorax diffusely and finely 
punctured on disc, coarsely at sides where there is a trace of a raised 
fold, especially at base; elytra more shining in male than in female, 
finely punctured, with rows of larger punctures; legs pitchy. L. 
5-7 mm. 
Male with the elytra shining, the anterior tarsi strongly dilated, and 
the last ventral segment of the abdomen slightly convex, 
