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Calomela, Hope. 



From koKos and fir^Xov signifying a beautiful apple. 

 Type of the genus Chrysomela Curtisii of Kirby. 



Corpus oblongum, antenna compressae articulis 

 extrorsum crassioribus. Thorax transversus immar- 

 ginatus. Elytra elongata, thorace triplo longiora, ad 

 basim subdepressa, ad apicem modice convexa, pedes 

 robusti. This genus, allied to Chrysomela, seems to 

 be peculiar to New Holland. They are amongst the 

 most beautiful insects of this family; about fifteen 

 species have fallen under my notice, all of them 

 inhabiting Australia. 



Fabrician Species of Chrysomela. 



Sp. 5. Morio. — From examining the Banksian 

 Cabinet, I report this species to be Paropsis. 



Sp. 7. Surinamensis — Now an Eumolpus, and 

 apparently only a variety of Eum, Ignitus Fabricius. 



Sp. 11. 8-maculata. — This insect is a Doryphora 

 of Illiger. 



Sp. 13. Conjugata. — I consider this species as a 

 Doryphora ; if it should turn out to be allied to 

 Ch. Pulchra of Fabricius, it will, along with other 

 species, afford characters for a sub-genus. 



Sp. 23. Australasia. — Now a Paropsis of Olivier. 

 The species of this genus are very numerous, and 

 require sub-division. 



Sp. 24. Globus. — Now a Lamprosoma of Kirby- 

 For an account of the characters of this genus, refer 

 to the 12th volume of the Linnean Transactions, 

 page 445. Mr. Kirby thinks that there is an affinity 



