390 PHYTOPiHAGA. [ Psylliodes. 
or greenish-eneous, elytra more or less distinctly rufescent at apex ; 
head small, with two distinct furrows between eyes, which cross one 
another and form an X; antenne ferruginous, darker towards apex ; 
thorax not much broader than long, narrowed towards apex, thickly 
punctured; elytra about three times as long as broad, with rather strong 
and deep punctured striz, interstices distinctly punctured, somewhat 
rugose; legs reddish-testaceous, posterior femora and base of anterior and 
intermediate femora dark. L. 2}-2$ mm. 
On hops; also on low plants; locally common; Darenth, Dartford, Maidstone, 
Chatham, Sheerness, Whitstable; The Holt, Farnham; Hastings; Scotland, luech- 
michael, Errol, Perthshire (Power); Ireland, near Waterford (Power). 
P. chrysocephala, L. Oblong-ovate or elliptical, rather convex, 
of a greenish or bluish-green metallic colour; head more or less dis- 
tinctly reddish or ferruginous, vertex dark, antenne rather slender, reddish- 
testaceous at base, fuscous and slightly thickened towards apex ; thorax 
broader than long, gradually and strongly narrowed m front, thickly and 
finely punctured ; elytra broader at base than thorax, gradually widened 
for the anterior third, and thence narrowed to apex, with rather fine 
rows of punctures, and broad, even and plainly punctured interstices ; 
legs variable in colour, but usually bright red with the posterior femora, 
and often the base of the intermediate and anterior femora dark ; under- 
side black or pitchy black, breast and apex of abdomen often reddish. 
L. 35-44 mm. 
V. anglica, F. (Chrysomela nigricollis, Marsh.). Elytra testaceous, 
thorax and apex of posterior femora; nigro-eneous, head lighter; the 
rows of punctures on the elytra are said to be somewhat stionger, but 
this does not always appear to be the case ; in the European catalogue 
of Heyden, Reitter, and Weise, this variety is regarded, as it used to be, 
as a separate species, but it does not appear to be really specifically 
distinct. 
V. nucea, Il. Entirely testaceous, with the posterior femora, breast 
and abdomen more or less infuscate. 
On Crueiferz ; especially on or near the eoast; it is, however, also found far inland, 
and is not uncommon in some Midland localities; it appears to be generally dis- 
tributed throughout the kingdom from the Orkney Islands southwards, and is some- 
times very abundant; the varieties oecur with the type, and the first mentioned is 
by no means uncommon, 
P. cyanoptera, III. (elongata, Gyll.; tripudians, Kirby, MSS., 
Steph.). Hlongate-elliptical, rather convex, head and thorax red, elytra 
cyaneous or greenish; antenna comparatively short and stout, with 
the first two joints ferruginous, the two following pitchy, and the rest 
black; thorax more distinctly punctured than in the preceding species ; 
elytra with strong rows of punctures; under-side of head and thorax 
red, of the rest of the body black; legs dark ferruginous, almost pitehy, 
lighter at the joints, posterior femora black. L. 35-4 mm, 
