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linear : scutellum transverse, concave : elytra punctate-striate, with the four first 

 strise entire, the interstices rugosely punctured, and with rows of glossy oblong- 

 quadrate spots ; lateral submargins transversely rugulose and with irregular, ele- 

 vated glossy spots and short lines ; tips narrowed, short, bidcntate ; feet and 

 beneath dull cupreous, rugosely punctured : pectus slightly canaliculate. — Re- 

 ceived a female specimen, and the only one in my collection, from Professor 

 Haldeman. 



Buprestis pundulata, Swartz, Shoenh. 



B. transversa, Say. Specimens of this species occur which have scattered 

 elevated lines on the elytra. Say's character of this species : " a somewhat ele- 

 vated oblique line at the posterior angles," — of the thorax — is frequently want- 

 ing. 



9. D. consobrina. Brassy-brown above ; elytra striate-punctate. — 7 1. long, 

 3 1. wide. Virginia. 



Form and size of transversa, Say. Head dull cupreous, densely rugulose, 

 slightly indented on the front, with a transverse interrupted polished line between 

 the eyes; antenna; obtusely serrate, rich cupreous; thorax transverse, slightly 

 emarginate at apex, feebly bisinuate at base, where it is narrower than the base 

 of the elytra ; posterior angles acute ; sides rectilinear near the base, strongly di- 

 lated beyond the middle; dull cupreous, densely granulate; four longitudinal 

 black, polished lines, the intermediate two are entire, the outer ones interrupted 

 before the middle, or before an oblique fossula, and appearing slightly again at 

 base ; a narrow polished marginal line, originating at the tip of the posterior angle 

 and terminating in the middle of the lateral dilatation : sculel transverse, black : 

 elytra brassy-brown or black, densely granulated, with series of large, remote 

 punctures, and many irregular linear black polished elevations ; tips short, entire : 

 feet and beneath cupreous, shining, rugosely punctured ; postpectus canaliculate. 

 Resembles somewhat transversa, Say, but can be distinguished from that species 

 by its more inequal surface of the thorax and elytra, and by the stronger dilatation 

 of the sides of the thorax. 



10. D. gracilipes. Dark brassy-brown; thorax transverse-quadrate; feet 

 slender. — 5 1. long, 1^ 1. wide. Pennsylvania. 



Slender, subcylindric, dark brassy-brown above : head bright cupreous, roughly 

 shagreened ; a transverse arcuated glossy line between the eyes, which are black- 

 brown ; thorax transverse, with the sides rectilinear, the apex truncate, and the 

 base slightly bisinuate; an obvious entire dorsal furrow; rugosely punctured : 

 scutel obtuse triangular : elytra faintly striate, with about four or five longi- 

 tudinal, raised lines, the interstices rugose-punctulate ; a distinct cupreous im- 

 pressed spot a little before the middle, and an obsolete double one behind the 

 middle; sides parallel from the base to the apical curve; tips much narrowed, 

 feebly bidentate : feet and beneath bright cupreous, rugosely punctured ; tibiae 

 long, slender: venter almost rounded at tip: pectus feebly canaliculate. This 

 species is distinguished from all the preceding by its slender and somewhat 

 cylindrical form. The sculpture of the elytra resemble those of a Chrysobothris, 

 but they are entire at the lateral edges, and not serrated. 



