CHRYSOMELIDtE. 1G» 



Bedel (Faun. Col. du Bassin de la Seine, vi. 194) thus distinguishes 

 the species : 



I. Elytra with some rather long hairs to- 

 wards the extremity of their external 

 border and a still longer raised hair at 

 the sutural angle. Antennse with joints 

 4-10 very elongate. Insect usually ap- 

 terous, rarely (var. Inctator, Weise) 



winged. On E^qxttorium cannabinnm . L. ^eruginosus, Foiidr. 



II. Elytra without or with veiy short cilia 

 at apex. Antennte of normal length. 



L. lA"-! ™in- 



i. Elytra subdepressed above, with the 



shoulders usually well marked and the 



punctuation distinct . . . . L. pellucidus, Foudr. 



ii. Elytra regularly convex, with the 



shouldeis almost always eftaced and 



the punctuation obsolete . , . L. succineus, Foudr. 



L, pellucidus occurs on Convolvidus arvensis, and is in any case rare, 

 even if we possess it at all as British, which seems very doubtful ; and 

 L. succineus is found on Achillea millefolium^ Leucantliemtim vtdgare^ 

 Artemisia campestris, (fcc. We appear to possess the var. luctator^ 

 Weise, if it can be counted as a variety. 



If. rubiginosus, Foudr. {Jiavicornis, All.), var. fumigatus, 

 Weise. This is a dark form and occurs with the type on Convolvidus 

 sepium. Lewes (Dollman), Catfield, Norfolk, not uncommon (Donis- 

 thorpe). 



PHYLLOTRETA, Foudras. 



P. diademata, Foudr. (Alt. 257). Closely allied to P. atra, R, 

 from which it is distinguished by having the vertex impunctate and 

 very finely granulate, and separated from the forehead by a semicircular 

 punctured line, and also by having the punctures of the elytra strong, 

 close and confused ; in P. atra the head is entirely and deeply punctured, 

 and the punctuation of the eh'tra is coarser and more regular, and 

 almost in lines, especially near the base ; the average size is also larger. 

 P. (erea. All. = 'pimctulata, Brit. Col., has the punctuation of the elytra 

 confused as in P. diademata, but finer, and may further be known from 

 it by its entirely punctured head. L. 1| mm. 



South Devon (P. de la (tarde) ; near Padstow, Sept. 1907 (C. G. 

 Lamb) ; not rare in France on Cardamine 2)'>'ate7isis (Newbery, Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. xliv. (2 Ser. xix.) 1908, 148). 



APHTHONA, Chevrolat. 



A. coerulea, Fourc. ( = non-striata, Harold) var. aenescens, 



Weise (Naturg. Insect. Deutsch. vi., 912). This variety differs from the 

 type form in having the upper surface greenish-feneous in colour ; it was 



