Helodes. 501 



ftrise elytrorum regulares, adeoque abunde diftinfta, 

 ut monftravit Dom. Prof. Illiger loc. cit* Caput 

 quoad formam ut in praecedenti, coeruleum, niti- 

 dum, crebre & fat profunde punftatum, ore piceo ; 

 oculi oblongi, brunneio Antennae thorace paulio 

 longiores, ftruclara omnwo ut in priori, articuiis 6 

 inffrrioribcs nigro-coeruleis, ultimis quinque majori- 

 bus, nigro fufcis, tenue pubefcentibus, Thoray» fub- 

 quadratus, vel longitudine parum latior, antice vix 

 emarginatus, Jateribus fub-re&is, angufte marginaris; 

 ba(i truncatus, angulis fub-prominulis ; fupra psrum 

 convexus, fub inaequaiis, crebre & fat profunde pun- 

 ftatus, totus coeruleus, nitidus, interdum coeruJeo- 

 virefcens. ScKtellum mediocre, rotundatum, coeru- 

 leum, nitidum, vix pun6iia|atum t Elytra thotace 

 paullo latiora, & fere triplo longiora, fupra modice 

 convexa, ccerulea, interdum virefcentta, nitida, re- 

 gulariter & concinne punc~Uto r ftriata, ftriis reclis, 

 interftitiis fubtiliffime coriaceis* Corpus fubtus coe- 

 rule© fubvirefcens , creberrime pun&uiatum, ani la- 

 teribus rufo-teftaceis. Pedes breviufculi, validi, coe- 

 ruleo- virefcentes, tarfis craffiufculis , fubtus grifeo- 

 fpongiofiso 



Subdivifio ^sta Gallerucoidese. 



Antennse inter oculos infertae , fepe appro- 

 ximatre, fiiiformes, aut fenfim extrorfiim 

 paulio craffiores, articulis fub-cylindri- 

 cts. Palpi medio craffiores, ad apicem 

 conico - acuminati, Maxilice bifidse , Jaci- 

 niis fub-aeque longis, externa graciliori, 

 fub-lineari, interna fub-quadrata. 

 GALLERUCA, 



Inflrumenta Cibaria & Antennce tit iu dia* 



gnoji (ub - divijionis indicatum, Caput par- 



11 3 vtirn. 



