GALERUCIDtE. — MACROCNEMA. 321 



Ovate, convex, entirely testaceous: thorax punctured, with a metallic gloss : 

 elytra punctate-striate : legs pale: posterior femora rather dusky, with a me- 

 tallic tinge at the apex: the hinder tibia; broad at the apex, with a fine tooth in 

 the middle of the posterior margin. 



Rare : found near " Southend in April last." — Mr. WaterJiouse. 



Sp. 12. picicornis. Ovata, piceo-wnea, antennarum hasi, tibiis tarsisque rvfo' 



testaceis,femorihus wneo-piceis anteriorum apice testaceo. (Long. corp. l^ iS 



lin.) "^ "^ 



Ha. picicornis. K/rby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 217. No. 2225. 



Ovate, convex ; pitchy-brass, shining : head and thorax thickly punctured : e/ytra 

 rather faintly T^uncUte-striafe, the interstices thickly and somewhat regularly 

 punctured : four anterior Jemora brassy piceoiis at the base, the apex testa- 

 ceous, posterior entirely seneo-piceous : all the tibiae and tarsi rufo- testaceous • 

 base of antennae the same; apex piceous. 



Not very uncommon in gardens, within the metropolitan district, 

 in June and July ; also found near Southend, and in Suffolk. 



Sp, 13. apicalis. Ovata, convexa, nigro-aenea, nitida, elytrls apice piceo, antennis 



pedibusque pallido-Jlavis,femoribusposticis atris. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ha. apicalis. Steph. Catal. 219. No. 2241. 



Ovate, more convex than usual in this genus : deep shining brassy-black : elytra 

 finely punctate-^^r/a/e, the apex piceous; antennae totally and legs pale yellow- 

 testaceous, with the hinder femora black. 



Found near London in June. 



Sp. 14. exoleta. Ovata, testacea, capite atro, aut piceo, elytris punctato-striatis, 

 suturd abdominef emoribusque posticis apice nigris. (Long. corp. ] — .1^ lin.) 



Ch. exoleta. Linne? — Ha. exoleta. Steph. Catal. 2\7. N'o. 2226. 



Ovate, testaceous: head black or piceous: thorax very convex and shining: 

 elytra ]^ur\ctate-striate, the suture more or less black or dusky, especially in 

 the middle: abdomen black : legs testaceous : posterior femora large, with the 

 lower margin obtusely angulated, the apex more or less black or dusky : an- 

 tennae pale, with the tip dusky. 



Extremely abundant in grassy places within the metropolitan 

 district. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Weston." — Rev. A. 

 H. Mattheim. 



f Sp. 15. pallida. Ovata, tota testacea, capite rufescenti, elytris punctato-striatis, 



femoribus posticis apice obscuris. (Long. corp. 1 — \\ lin.) 

 Ha. pallida. ZieglerV—Ha. exoleta, var. 3. — Illiger, Mag. vi. 176. 



Ovate, entirely testaceous, with the head rufescent : eyes black: thorax convex, 

 shining : elytra punctate-striate, pale, with the suture concolorous : abdomen 



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