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The ChrysomelidcB are other phytophagous insects, dressed in th* 

 brightest colours, having short and thickset bodies. The larvae, soft 

 and ovoid, devour the leaves of trees. One of the best known 

 species \s> Lina popuH^ of a bronzed colour, with red elytra, whose 



Fier. 562. — Larva of Cerambyx heros. 



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Fig- 563.— Larva of 

 Lina populi. 



Fig. 565. — • Lady-bird 

 {Coccinella septem- 

 punctata). 



Fig. 564.— Larva and imago of 

 Crioceris merdigera. 



Fig. 566.— Larva of the 

 Lady-bird. 



larva (Fig. 563), of a greenish grey, devours the leaves of the poplar- 

 tree. The Gakruc£B and the Alticcc belong to the same family, as 

 also do the Cassidce, the Crioceres, and the Donacice. The Cassida 

 viridis frequents netdes and artichokes ; the elytra are of rounded 

 form. Fig. 564 represents the Crioceris merdigera^ a great rarity in 



