310 CYCLICA. CHRYSOMELID^E. 



2441 f lurida L. ii. 590. — Pz. F. lxxviii. f. l. — Ste. M. iv. 342. — Ovate, 

 black; elytra chestnut, punctate-striate. (L. 3 1.) Hedges; near Wind- 

 sor : 6. 



2442 marginata L. ii. 591. — Pz. F. xvi. f. 11 Ste. M. iv. 341. — Ob- 

 long-ovate; above brown-brass; thorax with disc finely, sides coarsely, 

 punctured ; elytra with the lateral margins luteous, or dull yellow ; disc 

 irregularly punctate-striate, the stria? in pairs ; body greenish-black be- 

 neath, apex livid ; legs and antennae black, base of latter pitchy-red ; tarsi 

 pitchy. (L. 2^3 1.) 



f Var. ? Ch. lepida Leach. — Ste. M. iv. 341. — Above pitchy; legs and 

 elytra pitchy-testaceous. Heaths, &c. : widely dispersed, but rather scarce 

 in the south : 6-7. 



2443 geminata Pk. F. ii. 65. — Ste. M. iv. 341. — Oblong-ovate; above 

 greenish -copper or violet, rarely blue-black, or bright copper, punctured ; 

 elytra faintly punctate-striate, the striae disposed in pairs, interstices mi- 

 nutely punctured ; legs brassy-black, tarsi pitchy ; antenna? fuscous, the 

 base reddish. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) Hedges: Hertford; Darenth ; Monk's Wood, 

 Epping ; Bristol ; Crwmlyn Burrows ; Forfarshire : 6. 



2444 Hyperici Forst. C. i. 20. — Ste. M. iv. 342. — Ch. gemellata Pz. F. 

 xliv. f. 6. — Oblong-ovate; above greenish-brass, blue or black; finely 

 punctured; head smooth ; elytra with a greenish tint, each with 4 pairs of 

 stria?, composed of deep remote punctures ; and a single row next the 

 suture; antenna? black. (L. 2^-3 1.) On Hypericum perforatum, &c. : 

 Darenth Wood ; Copenhagen fields ; S. Wales ; Minto, Roxburgshire, 

 &c. : 5-6. 



2. Thorax with the lateral margin not thickened. 



a. Body ovate. * Tibia simple. 



(2445f festiva Fab. E. i. 440. — Ste. M. v. 425. — Ovate; brassy-black; 

 elytra punctate-striate, with 3 yellow lines, the 2 outer ones united at the 

 apex, and the middle one not extending to the tip ; base of the suture 

 yellow. (L. 3^1.) Improperly recorded as British. ) 



2446f festa Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 340. — Somewhat ovate ; brassy-black ; 

 punctured ; mouth pitchy ; elytra punctate-striate, the lateral margin, base, 

 and 2 rather waved longitudinal stripes, reddish yellow, the lateral stripes 

 with a 3-angular tooth in the middle pointing inwards and forwards; 

 suture brassy. (L. 2\ 1.) Hedges: Darlington, Yorkshire. 



** Tibia with an acute tooth near the apex : — Spartophila Chevrolat. 



2447 Litura Fab. E. i. 429. — Mart. C. pi. 16. f. 37. — Ste. M. iv. 340. 

 — Short, ovate, convex ; testaceous-red ; suture of the elytra and a streak 

 on the disc black ; elytra punctate-striate ; apex of antenna? black : — 

 sometimes black, with the base of the antenna? and the tarsi testaceous ; 

 occasionally the elytra are spotless testaceous. (L. 1^-2^1.) On broom : 

 generally distributed : 4-7. 



2. Body oblong. * Tibia simple, excised at tip : — Entomoscelis 

 Chevrolat. 



2448 f Adonidis Fab. E. i. 431. — Cur. iii. pi. 111. — Ste. M. iv. 338.— 

 Oblong-ovate ; black ; sides of thorax ochreous, each with a round black 

 spot ; elytra yellowish ; irregularly punctate-striate, with a narrow stripe 

 down the suture, not reaching the base, and a broad streak near the hinder 

 margin, black, (L. 3| 1.) Said to be taken in Lincolnshire. 



