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of beauty in this respect must be given to C. decem- 
punctatus , discovered in 1865 at Rannoch, by Dr. 
Sharp and the author, on dwarf sallow, and subse- 
quently found by Mr. J. T. Harris and the late 
Mr. W. Garneys at Chartley Moss, Staffordshire. 
This species is exceedingly variable : one form being 
clear yellowish-white, with ten rouud black spots ; 
another orange with transverse black bands, and a 
third entirely black. Others of our Cryptocephali arc 
wholly of a lovely green; either frosted (C. aureolus 
and sericeus ; the latter common at Mickleham on 
Hieracivm) or dark and shining (C. mtidulus, Cob- 
ham and Mickleham, birch). Of the smaller species 
C. bilineatus (Plate XIV., Fig. 4) is elegantly banded ; 
it is found commonly by sweeping, &c., at Mickleham. 
The Chrysomelina (or “Golden-apple beetles”) 
have the head sunk in the prothorax, but more ex- 
posed than in the last family; the antennae shorter, 
moniliform, and slightly thickened towards the tips; 
the legs of equal size; the palpi short; no spurs to 
the tibiae; the thorax fitting closely to the base of 
the elytra; and the body hemispheric or oval. They 
are found on low plants and shrubs, for climbing on 
which their broad tarsi are eminently adapted. 
We possess several genera and species of this 
family, many of which are conspicuous for their 
beauty. 
The only large one, Timarchn leevigata, sometimes 
known as “ the Bloody-nosed beetle,” on account of 
its habit of distilling a drop of clear red fluid from 
the mouth when handled, is common in grassy lanes : 
it is very convex, dull but smooth in texture, and of 
an uniform blue-black colour, with exceedingly wide 
