302 CVCLICA. GALERUCIDJE. 



Devil's Ditch, Cambridge; Ockbrook, Derbyshire; Windsor and in Kent: 

 6-7. 



486 Ch^etocnema Stephens. 



2374 aridella Ent. H. ii. 41. pi. 3. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 326. — Oblong-ovate; 

 dull brassy ; head rather deeply punctured ; thorax the same, transverse ; 

 elytra somewhat regularly and deeply punctate-striate ; legs testaceous, 

 apex of the tibia? fuscous, thighs blackish-brass ; antennae testaceous at the 

 base. (L. |-1 1. ) Hedges: London district ; Bristol: 6. 



2375 Sahlbergii Gyll. iv 662. — Ste. M. iv. 326. — Oblong-ovate ; green- 

 ish-blue ; head and thorax deeply punctured, the latter very slightly 

 elongated, shining, and globose ; elytra punctate-striate, the striae for the 

 most part regular ; tibiae and tarsi dull red ; thighs brassy ; antennae 

 black, the lower joints dull red at the base. (L. 1 1.) Hedges: Rip- 

 ley: 6. 



2376 aridula Gyll. iv. 663. — Ste. M. iv. 326. — Oval; dull brassy ; head 

 and thorax very finely punctured, the former a little elongate ; elytra 

 striated, the striae composed of punctures very irregularly disposed on the 

 back, and the lateral ones rugulose ; legs short, dull red ; thighs brassy, 

 tibiae dusky at base ; antennae black, the 3 basal joints dull red, the basal 

 one with a black line above, and the second with a black dot. (L. ^-1 1.) 

 Hedges : London district : 6. 



2377 concinna Marsh, i. 196. — Ste. M. iv. 327. — Ha. dentipes Ent. H. 

 ii. pi. 3. f. 1. — Oval; slightly convex; black, above greenish-brass; 

 thorax thickly and moderately punctate, and with an obscure fovea on each 

 side at the base ; elytra rather deeply and regularly punctate-striate, inter- 

 stices flat and smooth ; legs dull red, thighs black, hinder brassy ; antennae 

 dull red at base. (L. 1-1^1.) Hedges, &c. : generally distributed : 0. 



2378 picipes Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 327. — Oval ; slightly convex ; entirely 

 black, or violet ; thorax finely punctured ; elytra rather moderately punc- 

 tate-striate, interstices faintly punctulate ; tibiae and tarsi pitchy ; antennae 

 dusky, base pitchy, (L. 1 1.) Hedges: London district ; Bottisham : 

 6. 



2379 saltitans Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 327. — Oval ; pitchy-black ; 4 anterior 

 legs and hinder tibiae testaceous- red ; elytra faintly punctate-striate. 

 (L. 11.) Hedges : Suffolk and London districts : 6. 



487 Sph^eroderma Stephens. 



§ A, Thorax without a transverse furrow. 1 . Elytra punctate. 



2380 testaceum Fab. E. i. 448. — Pz. F. xxi. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 328. — 

 Somewhat orbiculate, gibbous ; shining testaceous-red, glabrous ; obsoletely 

 punctui-ed ; eyes large, black ; thorax notched in front, waved behind ; 

 legs and antennae pale testaceous. (L. 1^-1^1.) On thistles ; generally 

 distributed : 5-7. 



2381 Cardui Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 328. -—Somewhat ovate, convex, shining 

 testaceous-red, glabrous ; eyes black ; thorax moderately convex, distinctly 

 punctate ; elytra also distinctly punctured, the punctures somewhat dis- 

 posed in striae; legs and antenna? pale testaceous. (L. 1|-2| 1.) 



Var. Ha. Centaurea Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 329. — Somewhat orbiculate ; 



gibbous, pale testaceous-red, shining ; rather deeply punctured throughout. 

 j Thistles : London district ; Suffolk ; Weston ; Bottisham ; S. Wales : 



6-7, 



2. Elytra punctate-striate: — Apteropeda Chevrolat. 



2382 orbiculatum Marsh, i. 200. — Ste. M. iv. 329. — Ovate-hemispheric; 

 head and thorax very thickly punctured, greenish-brass, or violet ; elytra 



