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Division I . — Mandibles short, obtuse, truncated or terminated by a very 
short point: antenna toil It the four last joints globose or turbinated. 
Subdivision 1. — Antenna with the last four joints turbinated. Body 
hemispheric or oral. Thorax transverse. 
Genus 216. CHRYSOMELA. Latr., Fabr., &c. 
Palpi terminated by two joints of nearly an equal length, the last al- 
most ovoid truncate or nearly cylindric: sternum not produced. 
* Thorax with the sides incrassated, as if margined : body ovate qua- 
drate. 
Sp. 1. Chry. Banksii. 
Chrysomela Banksii. Fubr., Lair., Marsh., Leach. 
Inhabits nettles in lanes. 
** Thorax with the sides not incrassated. Body ovate quadrate. 
Sp. 2. Chry. Litura. 
Chrysomela Litura. Fabr., Latr., Marsh., Leach. 
Inhabits the broom. 
*** Body elongate-ovate quadrate. 
Sp. 3. Chry. marginella. 
Chrysomela marginella. Fabr., Latr., Marsh., Leach. 
Inhabits plants growing by the side of ditches. 
Obs. — C hrysomela tenebricosa Linn, forms the Genus Timarcba (of 
Hoppe ) ? 
Subdivision 2. — Antenna with the four last joints semi-globose, almost 
forming a dub. Body elongate-quadrate. Thorax as long as broad. 
Genus 247. HELODES. Payk., Fabr., Qliv., Leach. 
Palpi short, thicker at their niiddie, the last joint short-obconic. 
%'■ 1. Hel. Phellandrii. 
b'lodes Phellandrii. Payk., Fabr. Proscuris Phellandrii. Latr. 
Inhabits flowers in meadows. 
Stirps 4. — Maxillary palpi very apparent : antenna inserted before the 
e yes : head vertical : palpi with the last joint conic-cylindric : body 
short-cylindric. 
Genus 248. CRYPTOCEPHALUS. Geoff., Fabr., Oliv., Latr., 
Lam., Marsh., Leach. 
pie, filiform, about the length of the body. 
. sericeus. 
sericea. Linn. Cryptocephalus sericeus. Fabr., Qliv., 
Marsh., Leach. 
^habits the flowers of the dandelion. 
Antenna sim 
?P. 1. Crypt 
'-nrysomela 
