16 PLATE CCCLXV. 



Two very remote kinds, or varieties , of Chryfomela graminis, are 

 fliewn in the prefent plate ; the firft is of the ufual fort, green gloried 

 with gold, and which in fome fpecimens is of inimitable fplendour : the 

 other is fmaller, and of a rich and deep blue, fimilar to fome indivi- 

 duals of Chryfomela Alni, but from which it may be at once diftin- 

 guimed by being deftitute of the impreffed, or excavated dots, on the 

 wing-cafes fo apparently in that fpecies ; and by having the legs and 

 antennae partaking of the fame colour as ihe reft of the body, while 

 thofe parts in Alni are black ■. 



According to Geoffroy, Chryfomela Graminis is found on the Gale- 

 opus, Lamium, and other labiofe plants. Linnaeus names it fpecifi- 

 cally graminis from its feeding upon grafs, in which particular he has 

 been followed by molt writers. The fmaller figures 1 and 2, denote 

 the natural fize. 



FIG. III. III. 

 CHRYSOMELA RUFICORNIS* 



RUFOUS-HORNED CHRYSOMELA. 



* Section Altica posterior Thigh very thick. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS: 



Blue ; head, thorax, antennae, and legs rufous : wing-cafes with 

 erenate ftriae. 



Chrysomela ruficornis: cserulea, capite thorace antennis pedi- 

 bufque rufis, elytris crenato-lbiatis. Marjh. Ent Brit. T» 

 J. p. 199- 70. 



Galleruca 



