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Gen. Plagiodera Erichson. 



Archiv f. Naturgescb. XHL 1. 158 (1847). 



A. Subgen. Plagiodera i. sp. 



Redtenbacher. Fauna austr. Ed. I. 553 (1849). 

 CJirysomelae coccinellaeformes Suffrian. Linn. ent. V. 241. 



Palporum articidus ultimus obtusus. 



Antennae graciliores , earum articuU Septem ultimi bre- 



viores ac latiores. 

 Prostemum angustum, postice dilatatum, carinatum ac 



marginatum. 

 Mesosternum rotundato - truncatum, marginatum. 

 Metasternum latum, antice siibrectum et immarginatum. 

 Episterna postica retrorsum plus minusve dilatata. 

 Tibiae ungulculique simplices. 

 Tarsorum articidus penultimus integer. 

 Scutellum magnum. 



(Corpus breviter ovalis, convexus, alatus. Thorax par- 

 vus, elytrorum basi angustior, lateribus antice convergentibus. 

 Elytra confuse punctata, margine laterali laeviore.) 



76. PL Sahlbergii. Breviter ovalis, nigro-coerulea aut fusco- 

 aenea, nitida, subtus picea ; thorace vage, subtiliter, elytris 

 paullo profundius, marginem lateralem excepto, punctatis; 

 illo luteo, maada disci adumbratim limitata nigra, Ms mar- 

 gine laterali spatio sublaevi latiore, epipleuris antennarum- 

 que basi, luteis. — Long. 5 — 5^2 mm- 



Chrysomela Sahlbergn Klug. Erman's Reise 49 (1835). 

 Plagiodera circumcincta Dejean Cat. 



