CHRYSOMELIDiE. — CHRYSOMELA. , 345 



greatly incrassated : elytra very convex, irregularly and thickly punctured, the 

 punctures not disposed in lines : body beneath pale testaceous, or deep-brown : 

 antenna pale ferruginous. 



Very abundant in the metropolitan woods, especially about Hert- 

 ford, in the autumn. " Ely, Cambridge, &c." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Raehills, common"— Rev. W. Little. " Weston."— i^ra. A. H. 

 Matthews. " Newcastle, &c."— G. Wailes, Esq. " In Cline- 

 wood and hedges about Penllergare." — L. W. Dillivyn^ Esq. " Car- 

 dew-mire."— T. C. Hey sham, Esq. " York, hc'^—W. C. Hewit- 

 son, Esq. " Bath, &c."— C. C. Bahington, Esq. " Epping."— Jfr. 

 Doubleday. 



Sp. 21. polita. Ovata, viridi-aenea aut caerulea, nitida, thorace aurato, elytris 

 brunneo-testaceis, aut ccerulescentibus, subtiliter punctulatis. (Long. corp. 3 — 

 4ilin.) 



Ch. polita. Linne.—Martyn, C. pi. 14./ S.—Steph. Catal. 223. No. 2291. 



Ovate, brassy-green or blue, very shining ; thorax generally of a bright golden 

 hue, or deep blue, extremely glossy, obsoletely punctured, with the lateral 

 margins incrassated and greenish -brass : scutellum also greenish-brass : elytra 

 generally testaceous-brown, of variable hue, but in very rare instances of a 

 bright deep green -blue, the disc thickly sprinkled with small punctures irre- 

 gularly placed: legs brassy-green, with the tarsi piceous: antennae dusky- 

 black, with the basal joints somewhat ferruginous, rarely black. 



Also extremely abundant throughout the metropolitan district in 

 hedges, during the summer. " Very abundant in Cambridgeshire."" 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Cardew-mire." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 

 « Monk's-wood, Bath, &c."— C C. Bahington, Esq. " York and 

 Newcastle." — W. C. Hexvitson, Esq. " Common (near Swansea)." 

 — L. W.Dillwyn, Esq. " Raehills, common." — Rev. W, Little. 



b. Thorax with the lateral margin not thickened. 



1. Body oblong. 



Sp. 22. fulgida. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, viridi-aurea, cwruleo micdns, nitidissima, 



elytris crebre et profundi inordinate punctatis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 5^ lin.) 

 Ch. fulgida. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 223. JVo. 2292. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, golden-green, with a blue gloss, and very shining : head 

 very obsoletely punctured, with an obsolete furrow on the forehead : thorax 

 convex, very thickly punctured, the lateral punctures largest, the disc more 

 or less tinted with blue : elytra also convex, thickly and deeply punctured, 

 the punctures towards the sides and near the suture, a little disposed in strias, 

 and the colour of three parts of a bright golden-green, the disc, in certain 



