308 CYCJ.ICA. — CHRYSOMELIDJE. 



with disc faintlypunctured, the sides much thickened ; elytra ample, gib- 

 bous, plicate at the base ; irregularly and thickly punctured, coppery-green; 

 sides and tip of abdomen reddish ; base of antenna; pitchy-red. (L. 4^1.) 

 N. of England : 6. 



494 Timarcha Megerle. 



2424 laevigata L. ii. 678. — Wood. i. pi. 26. — Ste. M. iv. 348. — Dark 

 purple, obscure, sometimes tinted with greenish, shining beneath ; the en- 

 tire surface covered with minute nearly uniform punctures ; legs and base 

 of antenna? slightly tinted with violet. (L. 7-8^ 1.) Hedges and heaths: 

 pretty generally distributed throughout the south : 2-10. 



2425 coriaria Fab. E. ii. 424. — Pz. F. xliv. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 349. — 

 Slightly shining; black above, occasionally with a violet or purplish tinge; 

 above deeply, thickly, and irregularly punctured, the punctures mostly 

 united ; legs and basal joints of the antenna? violet. (L. 3^-5 1.) Heaths, 

 hedges, &c. : generally distributed in the south : 2-10. 



495 Chrysomela of Authors. 

 § A. Elytra punctate. 1. Thorax with the lateral margins not thickened. 



2426 goettingensis L. ii. 586. — Don. viii. pi. 286. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 348. 



— Ovate ; above rich violet, or purplish, covered throughout with minute 

 punctures, in parts faintly disposed in lines ; thighs and tibia? violet, apex 

 of the latter reddish ; tarsi, palpi, and base of antenna? testaceous-red. 

 (L. 3-4^1.) Rather local: Hertford; Edinburgh: 3-4. 



2427 ha?moptera L. ii. 587 Mart. C. pi. 15. f. 22. — Ste. M. iv. 347. 



— Ovate, gibbous ; blue black, sometimes rather brassy above ; thorax ob- 

 soletely punctured; elytra rather coarsely punctured, and the punctures 

 disposed in irregular stria? towards the sides and suture : antenna? pitchy- 

 red at the base, or entirely griseous ; wings red. (L. 3-4 1.) Sandy 

 coasts : Southend ; Sheppy ; Isle of Wight ; Teignmouth ; Arthur's Seat, 

 &c. : 4-8. 



2428 varians Fab. E. i. 433. — Ste. M. rv. 347. — Ch. Marshami Don. viii. 

 pi. 286. f. 1. — Ovate; convex; beneath shining, violet-blue, greenish, or 

 brassy ; above splendid copper, golden, brassy-brown, blue, blue-green, 

 violet, or black ; sides of thorax faintly thickened, disc obsoletely punc- 

 tured ; elytra thickly and irregularly punctured ; legs violet ; antenna? with 

 the base concolorous with the other parts. (L. 2^-3| 1.) Grassy places: 

 Coombe Wood ; Darenth ; Monk's Wood ; W. and N. of England ; S. 

 Wales; Scotland: 5-6. 



2429 cerealis L. ii. 558 Ste. M. iv. 346. pi. xxiii. f. 4 Oblong-ovate; 



above golden, beneath purple-violet : thorax punctured, golden-copper, 

 with the sides and a dorsal line blue ; elytra deeply and thickly punctured, 

 bright coppery-gold, the suture, a broad central streak, and 1 or 2 slender 

 stripes bright blue, legs and antennae violet : — sometimes brassy-griseous- 

 brown, the elytra with 3 darker streaks, their outer edge blue. (L. 3^- 

 A\ 1.) Mountainous districts : Snowdon, &c. : 6. 



2430 f violacea Fab. E. i. 433. — Ste. M. iv. 346. — Ch. graminis var. 

 Don. xi. pi. 365. f. 2. ? — Oblong-ovate, convex ; shining blue ; thorax 

 smooth; elytra very finely punctulated ; antenna? and legs blue or violet. 

 (L. 5 1.) Near Windsor, and in Lincolnshire? 



2431 Graminis L. ii. 587. — Don. xi. pi. 365. f. 1. — Ste. M. iv. 346 



Oblong-ovate, convex ; shining blue-green ; head and thorax thickly punc- 

 tured ; elytra thickly and finely punctured, the punctures distinct and 

 irregularly placed in lines towards the sides, surface of a uniform blue- 



