CHRYSOMELID.i:. — CHRYSOMELA. 337 



going species : — found occasionally in Battersea-fields. " Cam- 

 bridge." — C. C. Bahington, Esq. " Near York, very abundant." 

 ~W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " CvdimomV—Rev. W. Little. "Near 

 Liverpool." — Rev. A. H. Matthews. " Common on docks in 

 Crwmlyn-bog." — L. W. Dlllwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 14. fastuosa. Ovata, convexa, tota viridi-aurea, cwruleo-micans, elytrorwn 

 suturu vittugue media ahbreviatd saturate coerwleis, antennis basi ferrugineis. 

 (Long. Corp. 2^ — 3 lin.) 



Ch. fastuosa. Linne. — Don. vi. pi. 194. Sfeph. Catal. 217. No. 2272. 



Ovate, convex ; head rounded, splendid golden-green, slightly punctured on the 

 sides ; the forehead smooth, with a faint channel : thorax also bright golden- 

 green, the disc obsoletely, and the margins rather distinctly punctured : elytra 

 convex, also of a very brilliant golden-green, punctured, the punctures some- 

 what disposed in lines on the sides and towards the suture ; the suture itself, 

 and an abbreviated stripe in the middle of each elytron, of a bright violet- 

 blue : body beneath and legs of a brassy-green : antenna; fuscous, with the 

 base ferruginous. 



Sometimes extremely abundant iri whitethorn hedges within the 

 metropolitan district, especially at Darenth-wood, in June; and 

 also in Richmond-park. " Common on the Devil's-ditch, in the 

 blossoms of flowers." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Granchester, Cambs. ; 

 Sawtry-fen and Monk's-wood, Hants." — C C Babington, Esq. 

 " Cardew-mire." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Cramond." — Rev. W. 

 Little. 



Genus CCCCV. — Chrysomela Auctorum. 



AntenncB gradually thickening to the apex; the basal joint very robust; second 

 short, occasionally subglobose ; third a little elongate and slender; fourth and 

 following shorter ; the five last distinctly incrassated, generally somewhat elon- 

 • gate, but sometimes subtransverse ; the apical joint largest. Palpi maxillary, 

 exserted, longer than the maxillae, with the terminal joint thickened, truncate, 

 subsecuriform : mandibles bidentate at the apex: labium transverse-quadrate: 

 head small, rounded : thorax transverse, the lateral margins sometimes 

 thickened: body robust, convex, suborbicular, or ovate, sometimes slightly 

 oblong : elytra moveable, either punctate-striate, or covered with impressed 

 points, somewhat disposed in striae on the sides: legs moderate, simple: tibice 

 either simple on their outer margin, or furnished with a small tooth towards 

 their apex : tarsi sometimes very much dilated, especially in the males. 



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