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PLATE CCLXXVI. 



CHRYSOMELA TENEBR1COSA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Antennae moniliform, becoming larger towasds the extremity: 

 feelers fix : thorax marginate : wing-cafes immarginate : body gene- 

 rally oval. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Apterous, ovate, deep black : antennas and legs violet. 



Chrysomela Tenebricosa : aptera ovata, atra antennis pedi- 

 bufque violaceis. Fab. Ent. Syji. I. 308. 3. 



Tenebrio LiEViGATUS, apterus niger lasvis, elytris laevibus tho- 

 race lunato, fubtus cceruleis. Linn. Syji. Nat. 678. 29. 



Chryfomela Tenebrioides. Gmet. Linn. Syji. Nat. 1667. 1. 



This creature is entirely of a black colour, gloffed, in fome fpe« 

 cimens, with a fhining blue ; in others, with purple. Thofe colours 

 are particularly vivid on the legs and underfide of the Infeft. It is 

 very common during mofl part of the fummer, 



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