CHRYSOMELA. 5Q 



of a red colour, with a somewhat cylindric thorax. 

 It is a native of our own Island, and measures 

 about a third of an inch in length. 



Chrysomda Boleti is a middle-sized species of a 

 black colour, with three waved yellow bands across 

 the wing-sheaths. It is an English insect, and is 

 chiefly found on Boleti and other Fungi. 



Chrysomda Indlca greatly resembles the former, 

 but is of larger size, and is brown with two waved 

 yellow bands across the wing-sheaths. It is found 

 in India. 



Chrysomda Surinamensis is one of the larger 

 insects of the genus, is of a deep blue colour, and 

 of a smooth surface, with the antennte and feet 

 brown. It is found in Surinam, and sometimes 

 varies into copper-colour. 



Chrysomda Gigas (Fuessli Arch.) is a large 

 species entirely of a fine blue colour. It is said to 

 be a native of Surinam, and in point of habit or 

 general appearance makes a near approach to a 

 species of Tenebrio not uncommon in our own 

 Island. 



Chrysomda gibbosa is a large species, of a pale 

 orange-colour with numerous, small black spots, 

 and a transverse band across the middle and tips 

 of the wing-sheaths, which rise up into an almost 

 conical convexity in the middle: the thorax is 

 black. It is a native of South-America. 



Chrysomda gigantea, the largest of the genus, is 

 black, with the wing-shells marked by very nu- 

 merous orange-coloured spots, and is a native of 

 India. 



