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PLATE XXVIII. 
CHRYSOMELA ASPARAGL 
CoLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne moniliform: feelers fix: antenne becoming larger 
towards the extremity: thorax marginate: wing-cafes immarginate ; 
body generally oval. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Thorax red, with two black dots: wing-cafes yellow, with a crofs 
and four dots of black. 
CurysomEeLa Asparaci. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2601. 112.—Fn. 
Suec. 567. 
CurysoMELa Asparact: thorace rubro: punétis duobus nigris 
coleopteris flavis: cruce punétifque quatuor nigris. 
Geoff. Inf. 1. 241. 3. 
This pretty oleopterous infe& is found on the afparagus when in 
feed. Linnzus calls it Afparagi in reference to its food. The 
{pecies is common, 
Chryfomela Afparagi forms a beautiful opake objeét for the mi- 
crofcope : its natural fize is given at Frg. 1. and the magnified ap- 
pearance in the upper part of the plate. 
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