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PLATE CXCI V. 



CHRYSOMELA FASTUOSA. 



CoLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas moniliform : feelers fix, becoming larger towards the 

 end : thorax marginate : wing-cafes immarginate : body generally 

 oval. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Oval, fbining like gold, with three longitudinal ftripes of blue on 

 the wing-cafes. 



CHRYSOMELA FASTUOSA; ovata aurea, coleoptris lineis tribus 

 coeruleis. Fab. Syji. Ent. 101. 36. — Spec. Inf. 1. 

 124. 43. — Linn. Syjl: Nat. 2. 588. 18. 



Chryfomela viridis nitida, thora.ce antice excavate, fafciis elytrorum 

 longitunalibus coeruleis. Geoff. Inf. i. 261. 11. 



Cocclnella fajluoja. Scop. Ent. cam. 232. 



This beautiful Infect is rarely taken in England : we fometimes 

 receive it from Germany, where it is more common ; a variety of it 

 is alfo a native of North America. 



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