288 CYCLICA. GALERUCIDiE. 



stripe on the 2d interstice, and 1 or 2 short ones in the middle of the 

 disc, and on the shoulders; edge of the abdomen, legs, except base of 

 thighs, and base of antennae, pale. (L. 2-2| 1.) London district; 

 Devonshire ; S. Wales : 6. 



2248 margaritacea Fab. E. i. 397. — Ste. M. iv. 371. — Ca. mutabilis VOL 

 E. i. pi. 1. f. 11. — Nearly orbiculate, convex ; greenish; above silvery- 

 green or pearly, after death pale testaceous ; thorax with the hinder angles 

 obtuse ; elytra thickly and finely punctured, sides deflexed and expanded ; 

 head and breast black ; legs and base of antenna? pale. (L. 2 1.) Rare : 

 near London ; at Hertford and Ripley : 6. 



2249 concinna Ste. M. iv. 371. — Somewhat orbiculate, convex; shining; 

 greenish ; thorax faintly punctured ; hinder angles obtuse ; elytra very 

 thickly and coarsely punctured, punctures confluent, sides deflexed and 

 expanded ; head and breast black ; abdomen and legs greenish ; base of 

 antennae pale, tip black. (L. 2. 1.) Birch Wood and Suffolk: 9. 



2250 hemisphaerica Herbst. C. viii. 220. pi. 129. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 371 



Somewhat hemispheric ; green above ; head black ; thorax faintly punctured ; 

 hinder angles rather acute ; elytra ample, disc deeply and coarsely 

 punctured, sides rounded, deflexed and expanded; breast black ; abdomen 

 yellow; legs pale. (L. 2 1.) Devonshire: 6. 



Fam. 57. GALERUCIDIE Stephens. 



cccclxxv. Auchenia Ant. shorter than the body, joints elongate, 2d much 

 shorter than the 3d : labrum entire ; somewhat lobed : tho. with hinder 

 angles obtuse : elytra rounded at the apex, and with an angle on the 

 sutural edge ; kinder thighs not inerassated. 



cccclxxvi. Adimonia Ant. rather short, with 2d and 3d joints equal, short : 

 labrum notched : tho. wider behind than before, the hinder angles promi- 

 nent ; elytra dilated behind the middle, the apex rounded and acute 

 within ; hinder thighs not inerassated. 



cccclxxvii. Galeruca Ant. shorter than the body ; joints short, obscure, 

 2d much shorter than the 3d : labrum entire : tho. broad at the base, the 

 disc unequal, i. e., impressed or foveolated : elytra ample, ovate, or 

 elliptical ; hinder thighs not inerassated : tibia ciliated. 



cccclxxviii. Luperus Ant. much longer than the body ; joints elongated, 2d 

 and 3d equal : labrum entire, with a small central lobe : tho. broadest in 

 front, hinder angles acute : elytra elongate, dilated behind : legs long : 

 hinder thighs not thickened, their tibia: slender, not bent. 



cccclxxix. Calomicrus Ant. longer than the body, 2d and 3d joints equal, 

 short : labrum entire ; slightly lobed : head narrower than the tho., which 

 has the sides rounded : elytra slightly attenuated at the apex ; legs slen- 

 der : hinder thighs not thickened, their tibia simple, slightly curved. 



cccclxxx. Haltica Ant. 11 -jointed; elongate; 2d joint longish, or some- 

 what globose, 3d long : body oblong-ovate : tho. narrower than the ehjtra % 

 which are elongate : hinder thighs considerably incrassed ; their tibia not 

 dentate nor ciliated without, with a simple spine at the tip, and the tarsi 

 short and apical. 



cccclxxxi. Thyamis Ant. 11-jointed, shortish ; 2d and 3d joints abbreviated; 

 and subequal : body elongate : elytra convex, slightly dilated behind : 

 hinder thighs much thickened ; their tibia simple, and their tarsi elongate, 

 apical. 



cccclxxxii. Mantura Ant. 11-jointed, short; basal joint very robust, 2d 

 short, somewhat globose : body oblong-ovate : tho. as broad as elytra, the 

 latter dilated towards the middle : hinder thighs inerassated ; their tibia 

 simple, truncate at the apex ; their tarsi short, stout, apical. 



