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23. Chrysolina perforata, Bedtenbacher. 



Chrysomela perforata, Bedtenb. {nee Gebl.), in Hiigel, Kaschmir, 

 iv, 1848, p. 557. 



The following is a translation from the original German 

 description. I cannot identify the insect from the description, 

 and it is given in Weise's Catalogue (p. 98) not in its proper 

 alphabetical order in the genus Chrysomela, but among a few 

 names at the end of the genus, as though its identity were 

 uncertain : — 



In size it resembles a small example of Chrysomela banksii 

 (Europe) and like it is strongly punctate, but the lateral margins 

 of the pronotum are not thickened, and the antennae, legs and 

 underside are just as metallic as the upper side, but only somewhat 

 darker in colour. The head is shaped like that of Ch. banksii. 

 The prothorax is somewhat narrowed posteriorly, its disc sparsely, 

 and the flat lateral margins thickly and deeply, punctate. The 

 scutellum is elongate and triangular. The elytra are somewhat 

 broader than the prothorax, smooth and shining, with large and 

 deep punctures which are finer, sparser and obsolescent on the 

 disc, while on the lateral area are two regular double rows 

 of punctures. The underside is smooth, shining and impunctate. 



Kashmir. Long. 4 lin. [approx. 8 mm.]. 



24. Chrysolina pyrrhopyga, Stal. 



Chrysomela pyrrhopyga Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Eorh. xlv, 1857, p. 60. 



Obscure steel-blue. Elytra and abdomen, with the exception 

 of the basal part, dirty red-brown. Sparsely punctate. Elytra 

 irregularly punctate, the punctures more or less arranged in rows. 

 Length 14, breadth 8 mm. " India orientalis." 



I have not seen the type and therefore cannot express an 

 opinion about this species. 



25. Chrysolina nepalensis, Hope. 



Chrysomela nepalensis, Hope, in GraA, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 30. 



Colour blackish -violaceous, with the thorax purplish and the 

 elytra brassy violet and punctate, the punctures large and more 

 or less arranged in rows and black. Long. lin. 4| ; lat. 3. 

 Nepal. 



I have not seen the specimen and I cannot express an opinion. 

 The type ought to be in the British Museum, but it cannot be 

 traced. This species, like Ch. perforata, Redt., is not given by 

 Weise in its proper alphabetical position in the genus Chrysomela, 

 but is placed among a list of evidently doubtful species at the 

 end of the genus (Col. Cat., part 68, 19i6, p. 98). 



