Gen. Plagiodera Erichson. 
Archiv f. Naturgescb. XIII. 1. 158 (1847). 
A. Subgen. Plagiodera i. sp. 
Redtenbacher. Fauna austr. Ed. I. 553 (1849). 
Chrysomelae coccinellaeformes Suffrian. Linn. ent. V. 241. 
Falporum artictdus ultimus obtusus. 
Antonnae graciliores, carum articuli septem Ultimi hre- 
viores ac latiores. 
Prosternum angustum, postice dilatatum, carinatum ac 
marginatum. 
Mesosternum rotundato - truncatum , marginatum. 
Metasternum latum, anticc subrectum et immarginatiim. 
Episterna postica retrorsum pdus minusve dilatata. 
Tibiae unguiculique simplices. 
Tarsorum arUciüiis penultinms integer. 
Scutellum magiium. 
( Corpus breviter ovalis, convexus, nlatus. Thorax par- 
vus, elytrorum basi angustior, lateribus antice convergentibus. 
Elytra confuse punctata, margine laterali laeviore.) 
76. PI. Sahlbergii. Breviter ovalis, nigro-coerulea aut fusco- 
aenea, nitida, subtus picea ; thorace vage, subtiliter, elytris 
paullo profundius, marginem lateralem excepto, punctatis; 
illo luteo, macula äisci adumbratim limitata nigra. Ms mar- 
gine laterali spatio sublaevi latiore, epipleutis antennarum- 
que basi, luteis. — Long. 5 — 5V2'““' 
Chrysomela Sahlbergii Klug. Erman’s Reise 49 (1835). 
Plagiodera cirewncincta Dejean Cat. 
