304 PHYTOPHAOA. [Chrysomela. 



Female with the elytra presenting a dull and somewhat silky appear- 

 ance, and the interstices between the larger punctures slightly raised, 

 and the last ventral segment of the abdomen even. 



In sandy and grassy places, especially uear rivers and streams; rare; Southend ; 

 Pegwell Bay, Kent; Swansea; B irmouth ; Northumberland district, Cheviots, Ac. ; 

 Scotland, rare, Solway, Forth, Dee, and Moray districts (Edinburgh, Knockleith, 

 Brat-mar, &c.) ; it is widely distributed over Europe and North Africa and the 

 northern half of Asia. 



C. Banks!, F. The largest of our British species ; form broad and 

 short oval, rather depressed, upper surface very shining, bright bronze, 

 often with an olivaceous reflection, antennae, mouth parts, and sometimes 

 front of head and sides of thorax, and the legs, lighter or darker red or 

 ferruginous ; head diffusely punctured ; thorax narrowed in front, with 

 sides strongly raised, disc very finely punctured, almost smooth; elytra 

 very irregularly and more or less coarsely punctured, the punctures being 

 thicker and larger towards sides ; towards suture the punctures are 

 smaller, and sometimes arranged in rows ; the punctuation, however, is 

 very variable; prostemum narrow between coxa;; legs rather long. L. 

 7-11 mm. 



Male with the last joint of the palpi and the tarsi moderately dilated, 

 and the fifth ventral segment truncate. 



Chalky and sandy places ; on grass stems, &c. ; local, but not uncommon where it 

 occurs ; Dartford, Plumstead, Gravesend, Belvedere, Darenth, Birch Wood ; Colches 

 ter ; Southend ; Folkestone 5 Dover ; Hastings ; Portsmouth district ; Isle of Wight ; 

 Weymouth ; Devonshire, Exeter, Ilf racombe, <fec. ; Isle of Man ; Scotland, extremely 

 rare, Clyde district, " Ayrshire, McNab ;" Ireland, Dublin, Wicklow, Carlingford, &c . 



C. staphylea, L. (lepida, Steph.). Oval, convex, male of squarer 

 form and more shining than the female, entirely ferruginous, usually 

 with a bronze or slight olivaceous reflection ; head diffusely and finely 

 punctured ; thorax very transverse, with sides strongly raised, disc very 

 finely punctured ; elytra not strongly punctured in irregular double 

 rows ; prostemum rather broad between the 00x33 ; legs moderately long. 

 L. 6-8 mm. 



Male with the tarsi and the last joint of the palpi moderately dilated, 

 and the fifth ventral segment of abdomen truncate at apex 



By sweeping herbage ; often found in moss and crawling on the stems of grass ; 

 common and generally distributed throughout the kingdom as far north as the Shet- 

 land Islands. 



Dr. Sharp has taken a dull variety of this species in salt marshes in 

 the Solway district, in some numbers, which has no metallic reflection, 

 and the head and disc of thorax nearly impunctate ; the double rows 

 of punctures on the elytra are coarser and more distinct, and the 

 general size is smaller ; this variety in some points agrees with v. Lederi, 

 Weise, but that insect has the upper surface olivaceous, whereas the 

 epecimens taken by Dr. Sharp are dull ferruginous with the thorax 

 usually darker. I therefore propose for it the name of v. Sharpi. 



