Chrysomela. | PHYTOPHAGA, 305 
C. polita, L. Oval, convex, of a golden-green colour with the 
elytra reddish-brown, sometimes with a slight metallic reflection, and the 
breast bluish-green ; antenne pitchy with basal joints red on under-side ; 
head diffusely punctured; thorax with sides strongly raised, dise finely 
punctured, more or less coppery ; elytra rather sparingly, finely and un- 
evenly punctured, the punctures being arranged somewhat in rows near 
suture ; legs metallic, greenish or bluish. L. 6-7 mm. 
Male with the fifth ventral segment of abdomen subtruncate at apex. 
Grassy places; by sweeping, &c.; often found in moss; common and generally 
distributed throughout England and Wales, and probably the greater part of Scotland 
and Ireland. 
C. orichalcia, Mull. (lamina, F.). Elliptical, convex, shining, of 
a deep steel-blue colour, antenne and tarsi pitchy black, the former with 
the under-side of the first two joints testaceous, claws yeliow ; thorax 
narrowed in front, with sides strongly raised, shining and impunctate ; 
elytra with regular single rows of rather large punctures, interstices broad 
and almost smooth, being obscurely alutaceous and very finely punctured, 
L. 6-8 mm. 
Male smaller than the female, with the three first joints of the tarsi 
dilated. 
Grassy places; local, but widely distributed, and often not uncommon where it is 
found; London district, Plumstead, Croydon, Barnes, Mickleham, Darenth, Belve- 
dere, Sanderstead, Coombe Wood, &c.; Abbey Wood; Glanvilles Wootton, rare; 
Barnwood, Gloucester; Alcester; Lincoln; York; Manchester district; Northum- 
berland and Durham district; Scotland, very rare, Solway and Tweed districts; 
Ireland, near Dublin. 
V. Hobsoni, Steph. (C. Hobsoni, Steph. Ill.). This variety has the 
upper surface deep black with a more or less strong «neous reflection, 
the thorax being sometimes quite brassy. 
Manchester, in abundance (Stephens) ; Crobamhurst (Surrey) and Honington 
(Power). 
Cc. hemoptera, L. Very like the preceding at first sight, but shorter 
and rounder, and easily known by having the thorax distinetly punctured 
and its sides not raised, and by the more or less regular double rows of 
punctures on the disc of the elytra; the punctuation at the sides is thicker 
and coarser and more confused; the colour is deep steel-blue with the 
thorax sometimes slightly violaceous or coppery ; black varieties oeca- 
sionally oecur ; in the male the last joint of the palpi, and the tarsi, are 
moderately dilated. L. 6-65 mm. 
On sandy coasts; local, but usually common where it occurs; Sheppy ; Pegwell 
Bay ; Deal; Sandwich; Portsea; Isle of Wight; Chesil Beach ; Cornwall, Mawgan, 
St. Columbs, aud Whitsand Bay; Westward Ho, Devon (very abundant on rushes, 
&c., on the golf links in damp places at the end of August); Teignmouth ; Liverpool 
district ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, rare, Forth district. 
C. varians, Schall. A small, short-oval and very convex species ; 
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