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 PLATE CCLXXIII. 



CHRYSOMELA NITIDULA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas compofed of globular articulations, which encreafe in 

 bulk towards the end. Thorax and elytro without margin. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNO NTMS. 



Feet formed for leaping. Wing's cafes (hining green. Head and 

 thorax, crimfon, refplendent with gold. Legs ferruginous. 



Chrysomela NiTiDULA: faltatoria, elytris coeruleis, capita tho- 



raceque auieo. Faun. Suec. 542. 

 Galleruca Nitidula, faltatoria viridis nitens, capite thorace- 



que aureis, pedibus ferrugineis. Fab. Entt S)i/i. 1, 



3o.>8i. 



This beautiful little fpecies is fometlmes found. on the willow and 

 alder. The fmalleft figure denotes the natural fize. 



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