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or greenish-aeneous, elytra more or less distinctly rufescent at apex ; 

 head small, with two distinct furrows between eyes, which cross one 

 another and form an X ; antennae ferruginous, darker towards aj>ex ; 

 thorax not mnch broader than long, narrowed towards apex, thickly 

 punctured; elytra about three times as long as broad, with rather strong 

 and deep punctured striae, interstices distinctly punctured, somewhat 

 rugoso; legs reddish-testaceous, posterior femora and base of anterior and 

 intermediate femora dark. L. 2^2 f mm. 



On hops; also on low plants; locally common; Dnrent.h, Dartford, Maidstone, 

 Chatham, Sheerness, Whitstable ; The Holt, Farnham ; Hustings; Scotland, Inch- 

 mil-had, Errol, Perthshire (Power) ; Ireland, near Wutcrford (Power). 



P. chrysocephala, L. Oblong-ovate or elliptical, rather convex, 

 of a greenish or bluish-green metallic colour; head more or less dis- 

 tinctly reddish or ferruginous, vertex dark, antennae rather slender, reddish- 

 testaceous at base, fuscous and slightly thickened towards apex ; thorax 

 broader than long, gradually and strongly narrowed in front, thickly and 

 finely punctured ; elytra broader at base than thorax, gradually widened 

 for the anterior third, and thence narrowed to apex, with rather fine 

 rows of punctures, and broad, even and plainly punctured interstices ; 

 legs variable in colour, but usually bright red with the posterior femora, 

 and often the base of the intermediate and anterior femora dark ; under- 

 side black or pitchy black, breast and apex of abdomen often reddish. 

 L. 3i-4f mm. 



V. anglica, F. (Chrysomela nigricollis. Marsh.). Elytra testaceous, 

 thorax and apex of posterior femora nigro-aaneous, head lighter ; the 

 rows of punctures on the elytra are said to be somewhat stronger, but 

 this does not always appear to be the case ; in the European catalogue 

 of Heyden, Reitter, and Weise, this variety is regarded, as it used to be, 

 as a separate species, but it does not appear to be really specifically 

 distinct. 



V. nucea, III. Entirely testaceous, with the posterior fomora, breast 

 and abdomen more or less infuscato. 



On Crueiferae ; especially on or near the coast ; it is, however, also found far inland, 

 and is not uncommon in some Midland localities ; it appears to be generally din. 

 trihuted throughout the kingdom from the Orkney Islands southwards, and is some- 

 times very abundant ; the varieties occur with the type, and the first mentioned is 

 by no means uncommon. 



P. cyanoptera, Til. (elongata, Gyll. ; tripudians, Kirby, MSS., 

 Steph.). Elongate-elliptical, rather convex, head and thorax red, elytra 

 cyaueous or greenish ; antennae comparatively short and stout, with 

 the first two joints ferruginous, the two following pitchy, and the rest 

 black; thorax more distinctly punctured than in the preceding species ; 

 elytra with strong rows of punctures; under-side of head and thorax 

 red, of the rest of the body black; legs dark ferruginous, almost pitrliv, 

 lighter at the joint?, posterior femora black. JL 3- 4 mm. 



