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violet spots distinguish the elytra, the first upon the shoulders subtri- 
angular with the vertex truncated, the second near the apex bilobed, the 
third at the base forming with that on the other elytrum a large cruciform 
spot ; suture violet: anterior thighs armed with two stout teeth. 
285. CHRYSOMELA RUFIPES De (eer.—Length of body 234 lines. A 
single specimen taken in the Expedition. 
[214.] The American differs a little from the British specimens. In 
the first place it is scarcely half the size, not only the mouth but the space 
before and between the eyes is rufous, only the vertex and occiput being 
black: the black spot of the prothorax, instead of consisting of two 
distinct spots connected only at their base, is only divided at its apex into 
two lobes, and the spots of the elytra though similarly arranged, are less 
distinct: they agree in having the body underneath, except the rufous 
anus, black ; and the legs rufous. 
[Taken on Lake Superior by Agassiz’s Expedition. | 
286. PH&pon Aponipis Pal/as.— Length of body 3-4 lines. Several 
specimens taken in Lat. 54°. 
[215.] Body black, punctured, sprinkled underneath with cinereous 
hairs. Vertex rufous with an occipital black spot: prothorax reddish- 
yellow, with a large discoidal black spot reaching from base to apex and 
constricted anteriorly ; on each side also there is a round black dot; 
scutellum black, impunctured: elytra reddish-yellow, thickly punctured 
with scattered punctures; suture black except at the base; a black dis- 
coidal stripe or blotch reaching neither to the base nor the apex,anteriorly 
obliquely truncated and posteriorly acute, also distinguishes these 
organs. 
VARIETY B. With the discoidal stripe acute at each extremity and 
smaller. 
, Variety C. With the discoidal stripe evanescent. 
[Taken at Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River, by Mr. Kennicctt. ] 
287. PHÆDON Rapuani Zubr.—Length of body 216-234 lines. 
Several taken in Lat. 54°. 
Body oblong, punctured, glossy; underneath black with the disk a 
little bronzed, above green or green-gold. Head and prothorax minutely 
punctured ; five first joints of the antenne bronzed and glossy; the 
remainder cinereous and obscure: scutellum impunctured, violet: elytra 
