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PLATE CCLXXXV. 



CASSIDA MACULATA. 



COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas nearly filiform, but encreafing in bulk towards the ex- 

 tremity. Margin of the elytra broad. Head concealed under the 

 thorax. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



s r N o N r M s. 



Greeni(h, variegated with fpots of black on the elytra, particularly 

 along the future of the back, 



Cassida Maculata : viridibus elytris rarius, futura dorfali con- 

 fertius nigro maculatis. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 575. 6, 

 Fab. SyJi. Ent. 88. 2. 



CaJJida viridis maculis nigris variegata. Geoff. InJ. i. 314. 5, tab. 5. 

 jig.b. 



Has been fuppofed only a variety of Caflida viridis, but is evi- 

 dently a diftindl fpecies, and is very uncommon in England. 



Fig. I. The natural fize. 



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