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His denomination for these is Anopluriform , from Pedi cuius, L., form- 
ing Dr. Leach’s Anoplura. His examples are Coccinella and Chryso- 
mela, L.” K. & S., vol. iii, p. 160. 
The general description may apply; hut that striking, if superficial, 
resemblance to Pediculus, which suggested the denomination, does not 
extend to all the species included in the Linnean, nor perhaps to any 
^ le 1 osti'icted, genus, Chrysomela. In giving their own definition 
of the Anopluriform type (Joe. cit. p. 162), K. & S. exclude Chrysomela 
altogether in restricting its application to carnivorous larvae ; but, 
^ eaA ing out this word, the rest of the description — “ hexapod ; antenni- 
feious; with a shortish oblong depressed body, and distinct thoracic 
shield, seems to apply very well to a section of the Linnean genus, 
e. y., Pina , Gastrophysa , Prasocuris ; and to be equally unsuitable to 
others, as Timarcha and Chrysomela. At p. 156, K. & S. speak of 
some larvae as being “ gibbous above, and flat underneath ; as those of 
Chi ysomela, &c. To this section the term PLeliciform might perhaps 
be applied ; at least, the superficial resemblance is as striking as in the 
case of the other section and Pediculus. In the case of some larvae 
feeding on water-mint, which I found in July, 1877, and which sub- 
sequently yielded beetles of Chrysomela various , I find the following 
description in my note book : “ One of the largest is 2— 2| lines long, 
and at the highest point of abdomen 1-^ line high. It is laterally com- 
pressed. The head and prothorax are darker than the rest, and project 
from the dull-coloured body, which might be described as two-thirds 
or three-fourths of an oblate spheroid standing upon its truncated 
part. The insect does not extend itself much in walking, and, when 
alarmed, draws itself in, tail towards head, when it is well fitted for 
rolling, and lets go. It is not anopluriform. The head is black, 
flattened in front, and slightly bilobate ; porrected in travelling. The 
antennae are conical, pretty long for a larva, banded alternately, light 
and dark, and are retractile within the head. . . The prothorax is 
black also above, somewhat semicircular or rounded posteriorly where 
it overlaps the second segment. Here the colour changes to the dull 
greenish-drab of the rest of the body. The legs are pretty long, 
jointed, and furnished with single claws. The spiracles are a row of 
seven or eight black dots on either side, with a minute white (or clear) 
eye in the centre of each. . . A faint line runs somewhat archwise 
betw r een each pair of spiracles, and from the angular apex of this line, 
which is nearer to the spiracle in front, a similar faint line runs up 
the side for a short distance, then forks, and the two branches, crossing 
the back, intersect with similar branches from the adjacent lateral 
