1856.] 33 



Head and thorax ferruginous slightly punctured, scutelhim ferruginous, elytra 

 with from five to nine black spots,^sometimes confluent, legs slightly punctured. 



5. C. p h i 1 a d e 1 p h i c a. Oval, greenish black, elytra pale yellow, with a 

 longitudinal stripe near the suture, and a number of dark green spots ; palpi, an- 

 tennae and legs rufous, under surface dark green. Tab. 1, fig. G. 



Length. -27 -34. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 592, 44. De Geer. Ins. 5, 353, 6, t. 16, f. 13. Fabr. Syst. 

 EL 1, 444, 135. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 1, 392. Oliv. Ent. 5, 91, 525, 33, t. 2, f. 22. 



C. decipicns Web. Obs. Ent. 1, 52, 1? 



Locality. Middle, Southern and Western States. 



Body oval, with scattered punctures, head and thorax sparsely punctured ; 

 scutellum dark green, elytra with three larger dark spots near the suture ; the 

 suture is generally black, and dilated towards the thoiax, but in one specimen 

 from Missouri Territory, this is not the case, and in it the suture is pale yellow, 

 and does not become broader in front. 



C. s p i r ae a?. Green, elytra pale yellow tinged with red, with green spots and 

 a common sutural line, trifed at base, antennae and legs rufous ; under surface 

 dark green. 



Length. -25. 



Say, J. Acad. 5, 297. 



C. confinis Kirby, Fauna Bor. Amer. 211. 



Locality. Lake Superior. 



Body oval, head and thorax dark bronzed green, elytra pale yellow, some- 

 times rufous, each with about seventeen small green dots, and a common sutflral 

 line which sends off a lateral short branch on each side near the base. In one 

 specimen the spots and sutural line are black. 



7. C. Bigsbyana. Oval, green, anterior margin and sides of prothorax 

 yellow, elytra yellow, with a sutural stripe, antennae and [legs rufous, under 

 lurface dark green. 



Length. -25 -35. 

 Kirb}', Fauna Bor. Amer. 212. 



Locality. Middle and Western States, also two specimens from Steilacoom, 

 Puget sound, W. T., collected by Geo. Gibbs, Esq. 



8. C. m u 1 1 i p u n c t a t a. Oval, ferruginous, thorax yellow, with ferruginous 

 spots arranged in a circle, elytra yellow, with numerous green spots ; antenncP, 

 legs and under surface ferruginous. Tab. 1, fig. 7. 



Length. -24 '35. 



Say, J. Acad. 3, 451. Kirby, Fauna Bor. Amer. 211. 



Tjocality. Missouri Territory. 



Head ferruginous, thorax yellow, with a ferruginous, irregular arcuated line 

 and basal edge, including an obsolete spot, elytra with a sutural stripe and 

 numerous irregular green spots, and abbreviated lines. In one specimen the 

 suture has a common ferruginous fillet. 



B. 



9. C. exclamationis. Oval, ferruginous, thorax with a yellow margin, 

 elytra pale yellow, with four black striae, the third abbreviated, the fourth in- 

 terrupted. 



Lengfli. -30. 



Fabr. El. 1, 435. Oliv. Ins. 91, 530. tab. 6, fig. 81. 



Locality. Southern States and Kansas. 



Head ferruginous, anterior margin of the prothorax yellow, elytra pale yellow, 

 with the suture and four striae ferruginous ; the first and second not reaching 

 the margin, the third confluent with the fourth at the edge of the elytra ; legs 

 and under surface ferruginous. 



10. C. casta. Oval, dark ferruginous ; thorax strongly but sparsely punc- 

 tured ; elytra pale yellow, sparsely punctured ; suture and three lines marked 



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