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black future. 16. The Hemifphasria, with black wings, with two arid twenty white 
fpots on them. 17. The Hemifphasria, with black wings, with fourteen red fpots. 184, 
The Hemifphasria, with black wings, with four red fpots. 19. The Hemif- 
phaeria, with black wings, with two red fpots* 20. The Hemifphseria, with the 
wings fhorter than the body, and bent in. 21. The hairy Hemifphasria, with the 
edges of the wings inflex, and with two white fpots on the thorax. 22. The hairy 
Hemifphsria, with the edges of the external wings inflex, and the futures red* 
CHRYSOMELA. 
T H E antennae of the Chryfomela are made in form of bracelets, or necklaces of 
beads, and are thickeft toward their extremity: the body is of a figure approach¬ 
ing to oval, and the thorax is oblong and rounded : the fpecies of this genus have been 
ufually confounded alfo with the beetles. 
Chryfomela viridis ccerulea . 
The blue-green Chryfomela . 
This is one of the larger fpecies of this genus, though the very largeft of them are 
but fmall : it’s head is finall 5 it’s legs flender, and it’s belly fmcoth: it is very con¬ 
vex and rounded on the back, and it’s colour of a mixed blue and green, with a very 
fine tinge of gold diffufed through it: the edges of the external wings are fome'what 
prominent, and they are marked with a few excavated fmall fpots all the way round i 
the antennas, legs, and belly are of a fimple green. 
It is common in our meadows in May and June. 
Chryfomela thorace elytrifque rubris. 
The Chryfomela ., with the thorax and external wings red\ 
This is a fmalier fpecies than the former, and is lefs convex on the back : it’s head is 
fmall and black 3 it’s body is alfo black, and fo are the legs, the lower part of the 
bread:, and the antennas 3 but the upper furface of the thorax is red, as are alfo the 
external wings. 
It is fequent with us on the fallow, and fome other fpecies of the willow kind, in 
June and July. 
Chryfomela cceruleo- viridis thorace femoribufque rufis. 
The blue-green Chryfomela , with the thorax and, thighs reddijh . 
This is one of the fmalier fpecies: it’s head and exterior wings are of a beautiful 
fhining green, with a caft of blue in it 5 and there are a few fmall hollowed fpots on the 
head : the thorax is very convex, but fmall 3 it is of a reddifh colour, with a caft of 
the blue-green in it: the upper part of the legs is reddifh, the reft black : the antennae 
alio are black. 
It is frequent on our old willows about Chelfea, and almoft in all parts of the 
kingdom. \' 
The other fpecies of this genus are, 1. The black Chryfomela, with hollowed and 
contiguous fpots. 2. The ftnooth, black Chryfomela, with the bafes of the antennsb 
yellowifh. 3. The purplifh-black Chryfomela, with ftris on the external wings, 
formed of excavated fpots. 4. The purplifh-black alder Chryfomela, with fmall ex¬ 
cavated fpots, placed irregularly. 5. The purplifh-black Chryfomela, with the thorax 
yellow on each flde, and with a black fpot. 6. The bright green Chryfomela, with 
the ^thorax fmooth, and a number of contiguous, excavated fpots on the external wings. 
7. f he fmooth, green Chryfomela, with the thorax excavated in the anterior part. 8* 
The fmooth, green Chryfomela, with the thorax fmooth, and the exterior wings con¬ 
tiguous behind. 9. The obfeurely teftaceous Chryfomela. 10. The pale grey Chry¬ 
fomela. 11. The black-bodied Chryfomela, with the thorax and exterior wings grey* 
^^e re ^ Chryfomela, with the thorax of a cylindric figure, and comprefied on each 
j 1 3 * The brafly-yellow Chryfomela. 14. The greenifh-yellow bodied Chrylo- 
mda, with red wings. 15. The bluifh-black Chryfomela, with reddifh external 
wings. 
