104 CHRYSOMELID.^. 



subsequently by Mr. Donisthorpe in numbers at the same place in 

 July, 1908 {v. Ent. Record, xx. (1908) 208). 



Var. thomsoni, Weise (Nat. Ins. Deutsch. vi. 1G7). Entirely 

 black, with the apex of the elytra reddish -yellow : very like C. higuitatus, 

 and probably confused with it in our collections, but distinguished by the 

 less strong punctuation. 



Introduced as British by Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag. xxviii., 1892, 

 193), who took it by beating sallows at Woking, and subsequently found 

 by Dolman near Lewes. Walker has also recently taken it at Woking. 

 C. parvulus, Miill. var. barbareae, Steph. nee L. (Champion, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxiii. (2 Ser. viii.), 1897, 91). This insect is entirely 

 black above, with the sides and under surface bluish-violaceous : the 

 serrate punctures on the elytra are very coarse and transverse in shape, 

 making the interstices appear to be transversely wiinkled. The 

 trochanters are testaceous. 



Taken by Mr. W. H. Bennett and Mr. Donisthorpe at Battle, 

 Sussex, on birch, in August 1895 ; also by Mr. Champion at Hermi- 

 tage Wood, near Woking, and at Chobham in 1909. 



The C barbarece of Linnreus, according to recent writers, is a black 

 variety of C. 10-macidatus, L. ( = 10 -]}itnctat us, L.). Mr. Champion is of 

 opinion that the present insect may probably be the var. C. of C. 

 Jlavilabris, Gyll. (Faun. Suec. ii. 62Q) ," sicjjin niger, siibtus oiigi^ocoeruleus." 

 C.flavilabris, Gyll. («ecFabr.) is^ however, treated by Weise as synony- 

 mous with C cceridescens, Sahib., which has not occurred in Britain. 



CYCLICA. 

 CHRYSOMELA, Linne. 



[C. (Chrysochloa) gloriosa, F. (Sp. Ins. ii. App. 497), var. 

 superba, SuflV. (Mon. 108). A specimen of this beautiful insect, which is 

 about the size of a large C. vienthrasti, of a golden-green or green colour 

 Avith broad longitudinal red stripes, was found alive on the cliffs at South- 

 wold, in June, 1897, by a friend of Mr, Tomlin, and sent to him ; how 

 it reached the locality is a mystery ; it is uncommon on the Continent, 

 and is certaiidy not likely to prove indigenous ; the specimen is 

 imperfect and looks as if it had been subjected to rough usage ; it may 

 Lave been washed over, but this seems doubtful.] 



C. brunsvicensis, Grav. (Vgl. Zool. Syst., 1807, 135), This 

 is the insect standing in our British collections as C didymata. In the 

 latter species the upper side is almost always blue, and the punctures 

 between the elytral strife are more distant and less nvimerous. We do 

 not, apparently, possess G. didymata as Biitish (Newbery, Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. xlvi. (2 Ser. xxi.), 1910, 229). 



PARAPH-ffiDON, Sharp. 

 Paraphsedon, Sharp (Ent. Mo. ]\Iag. xlvi. (2 Ser. xxi.) 1910, 4). 

 This genus has been formed by Dr. Sharp for the reception of our well- 

 known species Phcedon tumidulus, Germ.; he characterises it as follows : 



