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equidistant irregular yellow spots arranged longitudinally, and nearer the 

 base, on the second ridge, a line of confluent yellow dots ; the apex of 

 the elytra is truncated : [153] on each of the ventral segments of the 

 abdomen the sides are marked with a triangular orange-coloured spot, 

 those on the anal segment being larger and irregular : the coxae also and 

 underside of the thighs are partly of the same colour. 



Variety B. Without the yellow line of confluent dots at the base of 

 the elytra, and with the spots arranged longitudinally 

 indistinct. 



C. With all the ventral orange spots large and irregular. 



D. Front with a large central spot. Base of the belly bluish. 



E. Elytra with only yellow spots. Front as in D. 



F. With only one distinct yellow spot. 



The most certain distinction of this varying species is the alternately 

 convex and plane interstice of the furrows of the elytra. [Belongs to 

 Ancylochira. " Lake Superior, one female"' (Le Conte).] 



205. Buprestis (Anoplis) lineata Fabr. — Length of body 9 lines. 

 Taken in Nova Scotia by Capt. Hall. 



Body above black-bronzed, underneath bronzed, punctured. Head 

 below and mouth orange : mandibles black with a basilar orange spot ; 

 front obscurely banded and dotted with the same colour ; vertex chan- 

 nelled : prothorax dilated posteriorly ; anterior angles deep orange : elytra 

 slightly furroAved : furrows scarcely punctured ; interstices flat, grossly 

 punctured ; truncated at the apex and armed with three minute teeth, one 

 nearly obsolete ; on each elytrum are two obscure deep orange stripes, the 

 outer one diverging towards the base so as to pass below the shoulders, 

 the inner one subinterrupted, widest towards the base, and not reaching 

 the apex : fore-breast anteriorly orange. [Taken in Canada, but not com- 

 mon. " Middle and Southern States, not rare. Varies very much in the 

 fulvous markings of the elytra, which are normally two broad vittse upoi 

 each ; the extreme variation is where the outer vitta is broken into three 

 spots, and the inner one into two ; the two anterior spots are then con- 

 nected by a transverse line forming a hamate spot. The tip of the abdo- 

 men in the male is truncate, with a little tooth on each side ; in the 

 female, it is broadly rounded, but the same teeth are seen. The under 

 surface is dull bronze, with the head and anterior margin of the posternum 

 fulvous'' (Le Conte, Am. Phil. Trans, xi., p. 206). Belongs to A?icyIoc/iira.} 



206. Buprestis (Anoplis) fasciata Fabr-. — Length of body 7 — 8 



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