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PLATE CCLXXVI. 



CHRYSOMELA TENEBRICOSA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas compofed of globular articulations, which encreafe in 

 bulk towards the end. Thorax and elytra without margin. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



No wings. Somewhat oval. Thorax lunated. Black, glofTed 

 with blue, or purple. 



Chrysomela Tenebricosa : aptcra ovata, atra antennis pedi- 

 bufque violaceis. Fab. Ent. Syjl. i. 308. 3*^ 



Tenebrio L^ViGATUS, apterusniger Isvis, elytris lasvibus thoracc 

 lunato, fubtus coeruleis. Linn. Syji. Nat. 678. 29. 



Chryfomela Tenebrioides. G met. Linn. SyJi. Nat. 1667. i. 



This Creature is entirely of a black colour, gloffed, in fome fpe- 

 cimens, with fhining blue j in others, with purple. Thofe colours 

 are particularly vivid on the legs and underfide of the Infe6l. It is 

 very common during moft part of the fummer. 



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