PLA TB. LEXvii. 
e1-G. FE. and. Fi G. If, 
CHRYSOMELA BOLETI. 
CoLEOPTERAs 
GENERIQ GHARACTER, 
_ Antenne knotted, enlarging towards the ends. Corfelet margined. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Antennz, head, and thorax black, fhining. Elytra black, with two 
jagged belts of bright orange colour; extremity orange. 
Syft. Ent. 97. 18.—Lian. Sy/f?. Nat. 2.°591. 36. 
—Fn. Sv. 52. 7.—Sulz. Hift. Inf. Tab. 3: 
Fig. 9: 
Diaperis, Geoff: Inf. 1. 337. Tab. 6. Fig. 3. mal. 
Diaperis, Schaef. Elem. Tab. 58:—Icon. Tab. 77. Fig. 6. 
Dermeftes, &c. Vadim. Dif. 4. Fig. 3. 
Tenebrio Boleti, &c. Degeer Inf: 5. 49.9. Tab. 3. Fig. 3. 
Coccinella fafciata. Scop. Ent. 247. 
The Chryfomela Boleti is not very frequent in this country; it is 
almoft invariably found in the hollows of fome of the Boletus tribe of _ 
Fungi *, which grow on the ftumps of trees in the month of day 
or Fune. 
* Mufbraoms, 
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