INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 20. Chryfomela. 141 



Fcmoratu, 



Grojfus. Feelers 6 : thorax fcarlet : fhells yellow. 

 Inhabits South America and India. 

 Antenna black, halt" as long as the body: thorax a little rough, 



pointed each fide at the bafe, the hind margin black : Jcutel 

 - rounded black \Jhells larger and longer than the body, fubpunc- 



tured: tarfi fpongy beneath. 



Feelers 4 ; brafTy-green : thighs and hind-fhanks toothed. 

 Sagrafemorata Fabricius. I, 2. p. 5 1. 

 1 enebrio viridis Sulz. Hifi- In/, tab. 7 • fig* 8. 

 Inhabits lndia\ large, polifhed. 



Antenna? half as long as the body, the laft joints black: lip ciliate 

 cleft : hind-thighs 2-toothed : fiianks I -toothed. 



Dentipes. Feelers 4: black : thighs and hind-fhanks toothed. 

 Inhabits the Cape of good hope. 

 Hind-thighs 2-toojthed at the tip : jlianh incurved, 3-toothed, 



20. CHRYSOMELA. ^n^nn^moniliform: 

 feelers 6, growing larger towards the 

 end: thorax meirginate : Jhells immar- 

 ginate : body (moflly) oval. 



This numerous and beautiful tribe is found every where in woods 

 and gardens : their motion is flow, and fome of them, when 

 caught, emit an oily liquor of a difagreeable fmell : the larvce 

 of this and the next family feed on the leaves of trees and 

 plants. 



A. Lip entire ; hind-thighs equal. 



Puntiatij* Oval, black; fhells yellow with numerous black dots: 

 fimam fternum horned. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Olivier. 



Head black with am oblong imprefTed frontal dot : thorax a little 

 prominent at the edge. 



Pufiulata. Black ; (hells with 5 bands of fulvous dots. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Schulz. * 



Shells punctured : dots compofing the bands placed 5, 5, 4. 4, I. 

 between the fecond pair of legs a thong fpine. 



* < Te>iebri- Apterous, oval, black : antennas and legs violet. 

 Inhabits Europe. Schorff. Icon. tab. \z6.fi%.l* 



Larva gibbous, violet : tail rufous. 



Rugofa. 



