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PLATE CCLXXXV* 



CASSIDA MACULATA. 



CoLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae nearly filiform, but encreafing in bulk towards the ex- 

 tremity. Margin of the elytra broad. Head concealed under the 

 thorax, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Greenifh, variegated with fpots of black on the elytra, particularly 

 along the future of the back. 



Cassida Mac U lata : viridibus elytris rarius, futura dorfali con- 

 fertius nigro maculatis. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 575. 6. 

 Fab. Syji. Ent. 88. 2. 



Cajfida viridis maculis nigris variegata. Geoff. Inf. 1. 314. 5. tab. 5. 

 fig. 6. 



Has been fuppofed only a variety of Caffida viridis, but is evi« 

 dently a diitincl: fpecies, and is very uncommon in England. 



Fig, I. The natural fize. 



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