GALERUCID^. HALTICA. 301 



* * Elytra punctate-striated. 



Sp. 20. aerata. Atra, supra nigro-cenea, elytris obsolete striatis, antennis hasi 



pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Ch. £erata. Marsham.—B.a.. aerata. Steph. Catal 21 T. No. 2-210. 



Ovate, beneath black; above brassy-hlack : head and thorax finely punctured : 

 eli/tra obsoletely striated, the striae subpunctate : legs rufous : antennae black, 

 with the base rufous. 



The antennae in this and the three following species are short, the articulations 

 being abbreviated, thereby approaching to the genus Mantura. 



Not common near London : I have taken it at Dover. " Rae- 

 \n\hr—Rev. W. Little. " Weston."— Rev. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 21. striatula. Nigra, elytris obsolete punctato-striatis, antennis totis pedi- 

 busque rujis. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Ch. striatula. Marsham.—Ra.. striatula. Steph. Catal. 217. No. 221 1. 



Ovate, black ; slightly shining : head and thorax finely punctured : elytra ob- 

 soletely "^uncXSile-striate : the legs and antennw entirely rufous. 



Far from rare in the vicinity of the metropolis in June. " Weston." 

 —Rev. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 22. Rubi. Nigra, nitida, antennis pedibusque rufis, elytris profunde re- 



gulariter punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. ^ — f lin.) 

 Ha. Rubi. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 217. No. 2212. 



Ovate, convex, black, shining : thorax thickly and very finely punctured : elytra 

 deeply and regularly punctate-*^rm/e, with the interstices smooth : legs and 

 antenna; entirely rufous : the posterior femora sometimes slightly piceous. 



Also abundant within the metropolitan district. " Swansea, not 

 common." — L. W. Dillxvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 23. brunnicornis, Atro-picea, nitida, pedibus rufis, antennis piceo-brunneis, 



elytris subpunctato-striatis. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Ha. brunnicornis. Steph. Catal. 217. No. 2213. 



Pitchy-Z>/acA;, shining: thorax rather thickly and finely punctured: elytra some- 

 what deeply punctate-striate, the interstices smooth : legs entirely dull rufous : 

 antenncB pitchy-brown. 



Found in June near London, at Ripley. 



Sp. 24. fuscipes. Convexa, nigra, capite thorace antennarumque hasi rufis, 



elytris cceruleo-virentibus punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 hn.) 

 Ha. fuscipes. Panzer. ^Steph. Catal. 217. No. 2214. 



