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Bemb. g 1 ab r i us culum Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1853, cannot be referred fo 

 any of the divisions above defined. 



ThefolIowingtwospeciesdescribedbyKirby, (Fauna Bor. Am. 4) are probably 

 identical with some above named. Peryphus sordidus (perhaps No. 30) ; 

 Noiaphus intermedius. 



The following are not recognisable, owing to the imperfection of the charac- 

 ters given: P«'?/j9/iMs c o nc ol or||Motsch. (Oarab. Russ. 9.) P. erosus 

 Motsch. (ibid. 10). Lopha bifasciata Motsch. (ibid. 12). Omala p o 1 i ta 

 Motsch. (Bull Mosc. 1845, 1, 29) perhaps is B. angul^fer Lee. (No. 68.) 



Descriptions of new species. 



28. B. 1 u g ub r e, subdepressum, nigrum obscure virescens, thorace latitu- 

 dine paulo breviore, lateribus rotundatis, postice oblique angustato, marginato, 

 ad basin truncato, angulis posticis subrectis baud rotundatis, fovea utrinque 

 basali profunda parce punctata, elytris striis parum impressis antice punctatis, 

 postice obliteratis, 3ia bipunctata, Vma baud conspicua, ad apicem obsolete 

 piceis ; subtus nigrum, antennarum basi, palpis pedibusque rufis. Long. -28. 



One specimen collected by Mr. Schott in the valley of the Rio Grande. Of the 

 same size as B. transversale, but with the thorax smaller and more narrowed 

 behind ; the stricB of the elytra are less impressed, and the "Zth is altogether 

 wanting. 



45. B. fraternum, depressum, obscure aneo-olivaceum, capite thoraceque 

 subtilissime granulatis, hoc latitudine paulo breviore, postice subangustato, 

 lateribus rotundatis postice breviter sinuatis, angulis rectis carinatis, basi utrin- 

 (^ue bistriato, hand punctato, elytris striis ante medium fere fortiter punctatis, 

 versus apicem subobliteratis, 5ta ad apicem exteusa ; interstitiis planis, 3io bi- 

 punctato ; fasciis duabus undulatis solitis angustis interruptis apicequetestaceis, 

 antennarum articulo Imo pedibusque rufis. Long. -IS. 



One specimen found by me in Habersham County, Georgia. The thorax is 

 formed nearly as in B. viridicolle, and is narrower and more sinuate on the 

 sides than in B. patruele ; from both species it is distinguished by the striaj of 

 the elytra being almost obliterated towards the tip, but tolerably strongly punc- 

 tured at base. 



67. B. pedicellatum, seneo-nigrum, convexum, nitidum, thorace cordato, 

 latitudine breviore, postice maxime angustato, angulis posticis minutis, ad basin 

 pedunculato, marginato, utrinque fovea minuta impresso, elytris punctis majus- 

 culis striatis, pone medium Itevigatis, macula triangulari pallida magna hume- 

 rali utrinque ornatis, antennis palpis pedibusque testaceis. Long. -12. 



One specimen found in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, by Mr. S. S. Rathvon. 

 Of the same form and size as B. 4-maculatum, but the elytra are more strongly 

 punctured, and the posterior pale elytral spot (as in B. axillare) is entirely want- 

 ing. Six joints of the antennae that remain, are of a uniform reddish yellow. 



Indes to the BUPEESTID.ff; of the United States, described in the work of 

 Laporte and Gory, with notes. 



BY JOHN L. LECONTE, M. D. 



Having recently procured, after many exertions, a complete copy of the His- 

 toire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coleopteres, by MM. Laporte and 

 Gory, I have thought that a catalogue of the native species of Buprestidse de- 

 scribed in the work, which has heretofore been inaccessible to the American 

 student, would, perhaps, tend to the more easy recognition of many of our 

 species. In consequence of the confusion which now reigns among the genera 

 of the family mentioned, the time is not yet propitious for a synopsis of all the 

 native species; but with the appearance of the fourth volume of Lacordaire's 

 work on the Genera of Coleoptera, this difficulty will be removed, and the real 



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