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tilissime punctulato; elytris basi subtiliter, sub-seriatim pun- 

 ctatis, pulictis pone medium evanescentibus. — Long, li, 

 lat. 1 millim. 



Haltica atrocaerulea Steph. Man. 2284. 



Aphthona atrocaerulea Allard. Ann. Eni de France 1860 

 398. 119. 



Haltica cyanella Reütenb. Faun. Austr. p. 531. 



Aphthona Euphorbiae Foidr. Altis. p. 371. 



Ia gramine locis paludosis ad Malmö d. 25 Aug. specimina 

 2 lecta. 



Aphthona violacea? prirao intuitu similis, dirnidio minor, pedibus 

 aliter coloratis, prothorace subtilitius punctulato, elytris basi sub-seriatim 

 punctatis, punctis pone medium evanescentibus. Caput atro-caeruleum, 

 nitidum, laeve, antice carinatum; ore piceo. Oculi convexi, nigri. 

 Antennae dimidio corpore longiores, flavo-testaceae, extrorsum plus 

 minusve infuscatae. Protborax lougitudine duplo latior, antice posti- 

 ceque truncatus, lateribus tenuiter reflexo-inarginatus, basin versus 

 modice rotundato-ampliatus, superne modice convexus, atro-caeruleus, 

 nitidus, sub-laevis vel punctis subtilissimis insculptus. Scutellum atro- 

 caeruleum, nitidum, laeve, apice rotundatum. Elytra antice sub-trun- 

 cata, prothorace latiora et illo plus duplo longiora, ad humeros ro- 

 tundato-ampliata, pone medium sensim angustata, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata, superne convexa, atro-caerulea, nitida, a basi ultra medium 

 sub-seriatim, evidentius, pone medium obsolete, confuse punctulata. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum. nitidum, distincte punctatum, tenuissime pube- 

 scens. Pedes flavo-testacei; femoribus posticis plus minusve infuscatis. 



9. Aphthona hilaris: ovata, aeneo-viridis, nitida; antennarum 

 basi pedibusque ferrugineis, femoribus posticis fuscis; protho- 

 race punctulato; elytris evidenter punctatis. — Long. 1£, lat. 

 1 millim. 



Aphtona hilaris Allard Ann. Entom. de France 1860. p. 

 399. 120. 



Aphthona virescens Foudr. Altis. p. 375. 17. 



Var. a. antennis femoribusque posticis ferrugineis (Juniores). 



In gramine locis umbrosis ad Kliuta pvope Ringsjön, passim. 



Parva. Caput aeneo-viride, nitidum, subtiliter, transversiin ru- 

 gulosum; fronte inter antennas tuberculis duobus parvis notata, antice 

 longitudinaliter carinata; ore feiTUgiueo. Oculi eonvexi, nigri. An- 

 tennae dimidio corpore longiores, rufo-testaceae, articulis quinque ul- 

 timis plus minusve infuscatis. Prothorax lougitudine latior, antice 

 posticeqne truncatus, lateribus medio leviter rotundato-ampliatis, te- 

 nuiter reflexo-raarginatis; superne modice convexus, aeneo-viridis, niti- 

 dus, sat crebre, obsolete, ad latera evidentius punctulatus. Scutellum 

 aeneurn, nitidum, laeve, apice rotundatum. Elytra antice prothorace 

 latiora et illo fere triplo longiora, humeris elevatis, rotundatis; latcri- 



