800 



FAMILY XXXfX. BUPRESTID^. 



c. Sides of thorax with yellowish pubescence; elytra each with a yel- 

 low pubescent stripe ; hind angles of thorax not carinate. 



1518. BILINEATUS. 



cc. Elytra without a yellow pubescent stripe. 



d. Elytra with more or less evident pubescent spots ; last ventral 

 segment obtuse or truncate at tip ; first two ventrals of male 

 grooved. GRANULATUS. 



<1<L Elytra without pubescent spaces 



e. Last ventral segment obtuse or truncate ; first and second ven- 

 trals of male with a smooth deep groove. BLANCHARDI. 

 ec. Last ventral segment oval at tip. 



f. Hind angles of thorax carinate in both sexes; first ventral 



of male broadly grooved. 1519. ANXIUS. 



ff. Hind angles of thorax not carinate; first ventral of male 



nearly flat. 1520. ACUTIPENNIS. 



mi. Last dorsal segment without a projecting cariua. 



f/. Elytra without pubescent spaces ; prosternal lobe truncate or feebly 

 emargiuate. 1521. POTJTUS. 



(i<i. Elytra with pubescent spaces. 



//. Prosterual lobe entire: middle pubescent space of elytra rounded. 



1522. FALLAX. 



lilt. Prosterual lobe deeply emarginate ; first joint of hind tarsi longer 

 than half the tibhe; middle pubescent space of elytra elongate. 



1523. OBSOLETOGUTTAT1S. 



.1. rHtaticoUis Rand., length S-O.o nun., is said to occur from 

 "Massachusetts westward to Illinois.' 



1.-.1S (4727), 



AGRII.VS BiriNKATus Web., Obs. Ent., 1801, 74. 



Elongate, moderately robust. 

 Above black, with often a slightly 

 greenish tinge; sides of thorax 

 and a narrow stripe reaching 

 from humerus to beyond middle 

 of each e 1 y t r o n clothed w i th 

 dense yellow pubescence ; beneath 

 more shining and greenish. Tho- 

 rax one-third wider than long, 

 distinctly narrower at base ; sides 

 nearly straight on apical half, 

 sinuate near the hind angles, 

 which are rectangular ; disk with 

 a vague median and a short lat- 



d 



Fig. 309. r,, adult beetle; b. antenna of same; ? , flaws of 

 hind tarsi of female: ', sunf of male; <, larva; d, pupa. (Af- 

 ter Chittenden.) 



eral oblique impression each side. 



finely transversely strigose-punc- 

 tate. Elytra broadened behind the middle, tips rounded, serrulate; surface 

 densely granulate. Prosternal lobe truncate in front. Length G-9 mm. 

 (Fig. 309.) 



Throughout, the State; fivi|uent. June 1-July 2. Occurs on 

 oak. honey locust and chestnut. A handsome and easily recognized 



species. 



