254 DESCRIPTION OF ELEVEN NEW SPECIES 



y — Anterior dot wanting; triangular spot reduced to a 

 transverse line ; posterior lunule interrupted so as to form a 

 fourth spot. 



5 — Two anterior spots wanting. 



• — All the spots wanting except the terminal lunule which 

 is merely an abbreviated transverse line. 



§ — All the spots wanting and terminal lunule obsolete. 



2. C. haemorrhoidalis. Hairy, dull cupreous or purple ; 

 elytra with a humeral dot, a round dot behind, a curved band, 

 two dots behind, and a terminal lunule whitish. Deep pur- 

 ple beneath ; venter ferruginous. 



Length 9-20ths of an inch. 



Inhabits Massachusetts. 



This beautiful little insect, also communicated to me by 

 my excellent friend Dr Harris, is very remarkable for its 

 numerous markings, in all twelve, on the elytra. The 

 head and thorax are marked with purple and green, the thighs 

 are green, and the sides of the thorax, pectus and postpectus 

 are hairy. 



3. C. splendida. Bright green; disk of the elytra crim- 

 son or purple, with a submarginal subtriangular transverse 

 line near the middle, and a terminal transverse line ; whole 

 margin green. 



Length 6-10ths of an inch. 



Inhabits North Carolina. Swarming in April. 



This species is closety related to C. marginalis of Fab. 

 C. purpurea of Olivier, and chiefly so to the variety /3 of Mr 

 Say ; but several reasons have induced me to consider it as a 

 distinct species. The thorax of C. marginalis is sensibly 

 transverse, in this species it is less so, and with the head en- 

 tirely bright green : C. marginalis is quite hairy, this is slightly 

 so. The former inhabits usually shady places near or in the 



