'a6 ORDER L Chryfomela. 



Genus XL Chrysomela. 



Linn. Syft. Nat. page $86. 

 Theantennaeofthe Chryfomela arecom- 

 pofed of little globular articulations which 

 grow larger towards the end - y and fome- 

 what refemble a necklace of beads. 



Neither the thorax nor elytra have any 

 margin. 



Linnaeus has divided this genus into fa- 

 milies, as follows: 



i. Thofe whofe bodies are of an oval form* 



2. Thofe whofe hinder ihighs are much 

 thicker than the others, being faltatorise, 

 or made for leaping. 



3. Thofe whofe bodies are of a cylindrical 

 form. 



4. Thofe of an oblong form, and in which 

 the thorax is broader or wider than the 

 abdomen, 



5. Thofe 



