GALERUCIDiE. — GALERUCA. 289 



Ga. saturata. Steph. Catal. 212. No. 2140. 



Ovate, convex, black, above dusky grineous : head and centre of the thorax 

 blackj the latter irregularly foveolated : elytra immaculate : all the femora and 

 antenncB black, the last slightly tinted with griseous at the base: tibiaj and 

 tarsi dull griseous. 



Probably a suffused variety of the last described insect. 



Taken near London in June. 



Sp. 5. Viburni. Convexa,Jlavescenti-grisea, holosericeo-pubescens, maculd ver- 

 ticis, lineis tribus thoracis calloque humerali elytrorum nigris. (Long. corp. 

 Slin.) 



Ga. Viburni. Paykul— Steph. Catal. 212. No. 2138.— Curtis, viilpl. 371. 



Ovate, convex, of a yeWo-wish-griseous, with a silken down, very finely coria- 

 ceous: head with a large rounded black spot: thorax with an abbreviated 

 longitudinal /arroii; behind with a black ground, and the lateral margins also 

 broadly black : elytra with a slightly elevated line within the margin, and the 

 shoulders produced into a black shining elevated callous : abdomen and legs 

 dull testaceous : t/bi<B fuscescent without : antennae black, with the base of 

 the joints dull testaceous. 



Not very common near London : I have met with it occasionally 

 at Darenth-wood, and in other parts of Kent : it has also been 

 found in Dorsetshire. " Newcastle, abundant."- — G. IVailes, Esq. 

 "York." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. "Dry-woods, in Go we r, and 

 about Penllergare, not uncommon." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. Crataegi. Supra glabra, rufa, subtus nigra, ano pedibusque rvfis, antennis 

 hrevioribus, rufescentibus, apice fuscis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2^ lin.) 



Ch. Crataegi. Forster. — Martyn, C. pi. 14. J; 4. — Ga. Crataegi. Steph. Catal. 

 212. No. 2139. 



Ovate, above glabrous, obscure rufous, thickly and deeply punctured : eyes black : 

 elytra mostly with two abbreviated black lines, one at the middle of the base 

 towards the suture, and abbreviated, the other attenuated at each end within 

 the middle of the outer margin : scutellum, breast, and abdomen black : tip 

 of the latter rufous : legs pale rifous ; sometimes dusky or black : antennae 

 rufous at the base, black at the apex. 



Very common in May and June on the flowers of the whitethorn. 

 " York and Lowestoft," — W. C. Hezvitson, Esq. " Epping." — 

 Mr. Douhleday. " Near Swansea, not common."''' — L. W.DUlwyn, 

 Esq. " New Forest."— -Set;. A. H. Matthezos. 



B. With the body elongate-ovate. 



Sp. 7. Nymphseae. Subdepressa, nig7xi, thoracefluvo, maculis tribus nigris, ore 



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