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furrowed with numerous very minute punctures in the furrows ; rounded 

 at the apex : interstices with scattered punctures ; those of the second, 

 third, fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth furrows elevated so as to form an 

 obtuse rid.<?e : the four last ventral segments of the abdomen have on 

 each side a reddish -yellow spot, those on the last segment being the 

 largest and most irregular ; anus with two distinct lateral teeth. 



This species is so similar to B. rustica, that at first I regarded it as 

 merely a variety, that insect however is smaller ; the head has a distinct 

 longitudinal channel : the prothorax is less thickly punctured, and the 

 sides, at the base, converge less but more suddenly : the elytra are trun- 

 cated, or rather premorsc, at the apex with a few minute denticles : the 

 mandibles have a yellow spot, and there are none on the ventral segments 

 of the abdomen, except the anal one : the anal teeth also are obsolete. 

 fBelongs to the genus AncylocJiira Esch. ' ; Oregon and Washington Ter- 

 ritories, abundant" J (Le Conte).] 



[152.] 203. Buprestis (Anoplis) Paganorum Kirby. — Length of 

 body 7^ lines. A single specimen taken at Cumberland-house, Lat. 54 . 



Very like the species last described. Body of the same colour, head, 

 anterior angles of the prothorax, and underside of the abdomen similarly 

 spotted, except that in the former there are no frontal dots. The pro- 

 thorax however is differently shaped, being somewhat constricted anter- 

 iorly, with the sides towards the base rounded, it is also channelled ; the 

 sculpture of the elytra is similar, but they are more attenuated and trun- 

 cated at the end, like B. A. rusfica, and armed with three minute den- 

 ticles. [Probably belongs also to AncylocJiira ; unknown to Dr. Le 

 Conte.] 



204. Buprestis (Anoplis) Nutalli Kirby. — Length of body 7^2 — 8 

 lines. Several specimens taken in Lat. 65 . and on the Rocky Mountains. 



This species appears to be related to B. cdoguttata. Body black- 

 bronzed, glossy, punctured ; underneath with a few pale decumbent hairs. 

 Head confluently punctured with several irregular connected levigated 

 spaces ; labial palpi, spot on the mandibles, labrum, lower margin of the 

 eyes, and frontal spots, yellow : prothorax bisinuate both at the apex and 

 base, grossly punctured with several levigated spaces ; lateral margin, 

 except the base, and part of the anterior, yellow ; elytra slightly furrowed, 

 furrows punctured : interstices alternately convex and plane ; the sutural 

 one is convex and forked at the base ; the flat ones are most punctured, 

 but the convex ones more grossly ; in the disk of the elytra are three 



