ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



GALLERUCA RUSTICA. Fair. 



Black : thorax and elytra of a yellowish brown 

 antennae black, filiform and not so long as the body 

 the head and the whole of the under part is black 

 the thorax shining and coarsely punctured : elytra 

 large, and in the males covering the body ; punc- 

 tures numerous and deep. 



Length 3£ lines. 



Inhabits plants in marshes in the month of June. 



This species was first discovered to be an inhabit- 

 ant of this country by Mr. B. Standish, who met with 

 it in the neighbourhood of Wittlesea Mere, some 

 years since, with many other rare and interesting 

 novelties which this fertile place produces, both in 

 birds and insects ; the former, no doubt, being at- 

 tracted by the vast quantities of aquatic insects, 

 which are to be found in the ditches and fens con- 

 tiguous to the Mere. 



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