Ms ] 



PLATE DX2L 



CHRYSOMELA LONGIPES, 



LONG-LIGGED CHRYSOMELA. 

 COLEOPTERA, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Aritennze rhoniliform : feelers fix> larger towards the end : thorax 

 iharginate : wing-cafes immarginate : body generally oval; 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



ChrysomEL A LONGtPES. Oblbng : black : wing-cafes orange with 

 a black fpot at the bafe, and two near the middle: 

 anterior legs of the male very long; 



A very curious infecl: taken about the month of May, by W. E» 

 Leach, Efq. near Sidmouth, in Devonlhire. 



Fig. I. I* exemplifies the upper and lower furface of the male 

 infecl;, which is diftinguilhed by the difproportionate length of the 

 anterior legs : fig. II. the female in which the anterior legs are about 

 the fame length as the others. Both are reprefented in their natural 

 fize. 



vol. xv, F 



