12 FKUIT CHAFEBS. 



Ovate and moderately convex ; bright green ; a line on 

 each side of the head and four slightly curved longi- 

 tudinal lines on the thorax, white ; each of the elytra 

 with two lines on the basal half and eight or nine spots 

 on the apical half, white ; pygidium white, with a central 

 longitudinal green line ; beneath white, and with sparse 



FIG. 6. Rhabdotis semipunctata. 1, upper side ; 2, under side. 



Injurious to Figs and Peaches, and earlier in the 

 season to the blossoms of Apples and Plums. 



brownish-grey hairs at the sides, shining green in the 

 centre, the apical segment of the abdomen and a small 

 spot on each side of the other segments also green ; the 

 legs are green and fringed on the inner side with 

 brownish-grey hairs, a broad stripe on the under side of 

 the femora, a small spot on the knees, and a short stripe 

 at the base of the tibiae, white. The head is nearly flat 

 and closely punctured, with the clypeus a little rounded 

 at the sides and slightly emarginate at the apex. The 

 thorax is very sparingly punctured, with the sides 

 rounded and the base trisinuous. The scutellum is 

 large, triangular, and sparsely punctured. The elytra 

 are punctured in rows and rugulose at the apex, the 

 suture is a little raised and slightly produced at the 

 apical angle. The under side is smooth in the centre. 

 The male has a slightly impressed central line on the 

 abdomen, and the anterior tibiae narrow and without 

 teeth on the outer edge ; in the female the abdomen is 

 more convex, punctured at the apex and without a central 



