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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of beetles of the family Chrysomelidæ.
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[194] The chrysomela is a beautiful insect of which the young women of
The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan William Lisle Bowles 1806
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"An'disher chrysomela-bypunktater plant he wants," grunted Washington.
On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood
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Huh! In co'se if de perfessor goes after disher chrysomela-bypunktater, I gotter go, too; and in co'se if I go,
On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood
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Two were very pretty flycatchers, already known from New Guinea; one of them (Monarcha chrysomela), of brilliant black and bright orange colours, is by some authors considered to be the most beautiful of all flycatchers; the other is pure white and velvety black, with a broad fleshy ring round the eye of are azure blue colour; it is named the “spectacled flycatcher” (Monarcha telescopthalma), and was first found in New Guinea, along with the other, by the French naturalists during the voyage of the discovery-ship Coquille.
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Two were very pretty flycatchers, already known from New Guinea; one of them (Monarcha chrysomela), of brilliant black and bright orange colours, is by some authors considered to be the most beautiful of all flycatchers; the other is pure white and velvety black, with a broad fleshy ring round the eye of are azure blue colour; it is named the "spectacled flycatcher" (Monarcha telescopthalma), and was first found in New Guinea, along with the other, by the French naturalists during the voyage of the discovery-ship Coquille.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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"_chrysomela oleracea_, _saltatoria_, _femoribus posticis crassissimis_."
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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"Here we starts out ter hunt fo 'dat Dr. Todd's chrysomela bypunktater plant, an' we don't find it, but nothin 'but trouble -- lashin's ob trouble!
On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood
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"Do yo 'mean ter tell me dat we ain't gwine ter fin' dat chrysomela bypunktater plant after all?
On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood
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