PLATE CCCLXXIIL S7 



Chrysomela alcta: ovata thorace cyaneo nitido, elytris punc- 

 tatis cyaneis : margine rubro. Fabr. Mant. I. 72. 

 69. Ent. Syft. I. p. 1. 326. fp. 94. 



Chryfomeia auaa. Gmel. Linn. Syft. Nat. l680.fp. 128. 



Chrysomela marginata. Act. Nidrof. 3. 390. 80. 



Firft defcribed by Fabricius from the cabinet of Zfchuck. The ge- 

 neral colour above is a very deep purplifh blue, inclining almoft to 

 black, the margin of the wing-cafes excepted, that part being red : 

 the lower furface, together with the legs, are black. 



F I G. III. III. 

 CHRYSOMELA HYPOCH^RIDIS. 



CATS-EAR CHRYSOMELA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



SYNONYMS. 

 Entirely golden-green and polifhed. 



Chrysomela Hypochjeridis : tota viridi-aurata nitida. Marflu 

 Ent. Brit. T.I, p. 184.jp. 35. 



Chrysomela Hypochjeridis: aurata, antennis nigris, elytris ab- 

 breviatis, Linn. It. jean. 210. — Faun. Suec. 5l6. 

 —Linn. Syjl. Nat. 580. SI.— Gmel. Linn. Syft, 

 Nat. 1675.21. 



Biipreftis Syngeneic. Scop. Ent. Cam. IQ3. 



Linnaeus 



