Chrysomela. | PHYTOPHAGA, 307 
Cc. menthrasti, Suffr. Very like the preceding in general appearance, 
but of somewhat more depressed form, and, as a rule, more widened 
behind ; it may also be known by its unicolorous elytra and the fact 
that the thorax is gradually and gently narrowed in a straight line from 
base to apex, and has the disc more strongly punctured ; the elytra are 
rather more finely punctured, and usually show faint traces of two 
slightly elevated lines; in the male the last ventral segment of the 
abdomen is impressed with a central line or fovea, and is truncate and 
slightly bisinuate at apex, which is furnished with distinct cilia. L. 
7-105 mm. 
On Tanacetum vulgare, Mentha aquatica, &c.; very local, but common where it 
occurs ; Westerham, Kent; Dover; Folkestone; Wickeu Fen; Selby Oak and 
Edgbaston, near Birmingham; Burton-on-Trent and Bretby Park and Wood, near 
Repton ; Stephens also records it from Bath, Bristol, Norfolk, and Cumberland ; 
C. fulgida and C. graminis are recorded in Murray’s catalogue from the Clyde and 
Tay districts of Scotland, but Dr. Sharp is of opinion that these records perhaps refer 
to C. menthrasti. 
C. fastuosa, Scop. Oblong oval, rather depressed, of a bright 
golden-green colour, with the thorax, the suture of elytra more or less 
broadly, and a longitudinal band on each elytron blue or violaceous ; 
sometimes the thorax and elytra are more or less coppery, and the suture 
and bands are bright green; the colour, however, is variable; antenne 
dark, more or less metallic, with the first four or five joints almost 
entirely reddish-testaceous; thorax with the sides almost parallel, 
slightly rounded and narrowed in front, disc diffusely, sides more 
strongly, punctured; elytra at base a little broader than thorax, mode- 
rately strongly punctured, with the punctures more regular at suture and 
sides; legs metallic, tarsi with the last joint produced on each side into a 
tooth at apex. L. 45-6 mm. 
Male with the tarsi slightly dilated, and the last vential segment of 
abdomen subtruncate at apex. 
On Labiate, especially Galeopsis tetrahit and G. ladanum, also by beating white- 
thorn hedges, and sweeping in grassy places ; local; London district, not common, 
Darenth Wood, Richmond Park, Ripley ; Deal ; Dover; Hastings ; Snowdon district ; 
Wisbech ; Walsall; Lichfield; Knoll Hills, Repton; Kersall, near Manchester ; 
Carlisle; Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, not common, but pro- 
bably generally distributed, as it has been found in the Solway and Dee districts, 
and also in the Hebrides and the Orkney Islands. 
C. cerealis, L. A very beautiful and conspicuous species; oblong 
oval or elliptic, convex, upper surface of a brilliant fiery red or coppery 
colour, with three bands on the thorax and the suture and two or three 
bands on each elytron purple, finely edzed with golden green; the vertex 
and front of head is also purple or greenish; under-side dark violaceous; 
antenne dark, with base usually pitchy; thorax with sides almost 
parallel, slightly raised, distinctly, but finely, punctured; elytra mode 
rately strongly and thickly punctured, with an intermixture of very fine 
punctures; legs dark, usually violaceous; the colour is very variable in 
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