COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS 
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CHRYSOMELA FASTUOSA, 
PLATE XXX. Fig. 4. 
Linn. Fdbr.— Donovan's Brit. Insects , vi. pi. 194. 
Brilliant golden green, with the suture and a 
stripe along each elytron violet blue. The length 
is about three lines. It is found on the White 
Dead Nettle ( Lamium album), and occurs not un- 
frequently both in England and Scotland. 
DORYPHORA TESSELLATA. 
PLATE XXIX. Fig. 4. 
Olivier , v. No. 91, pi. 1, fig. 6. 
This genus is well discriminated from the other 
chrysomelinae by the character which has suggested 
the name,* viz. the long conical horn projecting 
from the breast. The specie.s are peculiar to South 
America, in some countries of which they are much 
more numerous than the chrysomelse properly so 
called. They are usually observed walking slowly 
on the leaves of plants, and they permit themselves 
to fall to the ground when one approaches. When 
handled they discharge from the mouth a yellow 
liquor of a foetid smell. The species above refer- 
From a j)i}ce*bearer. 
