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PLATE CCCXXL 



FIG. I. I. 



CHRYSOMELA CORYLI. 



CoLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae compofed of globular articulations which become larger 

 towards the ends. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Black. Thorax and wing-cafes teftaceous brown, without fpots. 



Chrysomela Coryli : Linn. Syji, Nat. 2. p. 598. 88. — Fn. 



Suec. 555. 

 Cryptocephalus. Gmel. Linn. Syfi. Nat. T. 1. p. 6. 1704. fp. 28. 

 Cryptocephalus Coryli ; niger, thorace elytrifque teflaceis 



immaculatis. Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. p. 142. n. 24. 



We have frequently obferved this fpecies among!! the Infe&s 

 of Germany, where it is probably not uncommon. In England it 

 is very rare, having been found only by the Rev. John Bunel of 

 Letherinfet, near Holt, Norfolk. In one fex the thorax is red, in 



the other black. 



H 2 FIG. 



