c<8o CKRYSOMELA. 



Chryfomela cruciata +. This lingular fpccles has th^ 

 elytra yellow, and marked with two black lines, refem- 

 bling a crcfs ; the head of a dark blue, the thorax brown, 

 narrow, and cylindrical. This fpecies is frequent at 

 Hcnnhurg^ where it devours the afparagus, and is fuppof- 

 ed by the gardeners to have been triinfp6rted from KitJJiq^ 

 along with that plant J. 



'\ Frifch, p. S7. \ Regno Anipiale, p. a6. 



