l6 PLATE CCCLXV. 



Two very remote kinds, or varieties, of Chryfomela graminis, are 

 fhewn in the prefent plate ; the in it is of the ofual fort, green gloried 

 with gold, and which in fome fpecimens is of inimitable fplendour : the 

 otheAs fmaller, and of a rich and deep bine, fimilar to fome indivi- 

 duals of Chryfomela Alni, but from which it may be at once diftm- 

 guiflied by being deftitute of the impreffed, or excavated dots, on the 

 wing-cafes fo apparently in that fpecies ; and by having the legs and 

 antennae partaking of the fame colour as the reft of the body, while 

 thofe parts in Alni are black. 



According to Geoffroy, Chryfomela Graminis is found on the Gale- 

 opfis, Lamium, and other labiofe plants. Linnaeus names it fpecifi- 

 cally graminis from its feeding upon grafs, in which particular he has 

 been followed by moft writers. The fmaller figures 1 and 2, denote 

 the natural fize. 



FIG. III. III. 

 CHRYSOMELA RUFICORNIS. 



RUFOUS-HORNED CHRYSOMELA. 

 * Section Altica posterior Thigh very thick. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Blue ; head, thorax, antennae, and legs rufous : wing-cafes witfe 

 crenate ftriae. i 



Chrysomela BUFicoRNis: caerulea, capite thorace antennis pcdi- 

 bufque runs, elytris crenato-ftriatis. Marjh. Ent Brit. T. 

 Lp. 199.70. 



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