Chryfomel*. 477 



Sect. *. ElytrSs regulariter puncta- 



to-ftriatis. 



23. C. geminata: ovata, fupra violacea, tho- 



racis difco fubtiiiflime pun&ulato, eJy- 

 trorurn ftriis per paria fub-approximatis, 

 pun&is fhiarum crebris, coar&atis. 



Payk. fn. 2. 6$. ip. Schunh. fvnon. 2. 244. 4J» 



CJtryfcm. qninquejugis. Marfh. Ent* Br. u 



Habitat in plantii pafiim, praefertimin Hy- 

 pericis, 



Defcr. Chr. variante paullo major magisque 6- 

 vata , alias varietati ejus e, colore ilmillima. Caput 

 breve, rotundatum, violaceo- purpurafcens, fnbtilif- 

 fime, parce pun&ulatum , fupra os rotundatim de« 

 preffum , oculis eaagnis, oblongis, nigro- brunneis. 

 Anrenn» thorace longiores, nigrae, extrorfum parum 

 creffiores. Thorax transvertus, antice anguftior, la- 

 te & fat profunde femi. circulariter emarginatus , la- 

 teribus fub- rotundatus, augufte marginatus, eviden- 

 ter incraflatus, poftice llnuatus , angulis fub-reclis; 

 fapra modice convexus, violaceo-purpurafcens, ni- 

 tidus , in difco omnium fubtiliflime, obfolete pun- 

 ctulatus, intra margines fub-impreffus, evidentius 

 pun&atus, impreiTione ad bafin foveam brevem, pro- 

 fundem formante. Scutellum obtufe triangulare, 

 coeruleo-vielaceura, laeviffimum. Elytra thorace 

 parum latiora, fed quintuplo Jongiora, fupra valde 

 convexa, violaceo-purpurafcentia, nitida; in firgu- 

 Jo feries novem e pun&is raajoribus, quarum o£to 

 exteriores per paria paullo magis approximatac, pun- 

 clis in quavis ferie ultra 24; interftitia feriarum etiant 

 fubtiliffime , vage pun&ulata* Corpus fufetus obfcu- 



rius 



