128 CHARLES W. LENG. 



" and a short ti'ansverse marginal line" (Schaupp synopsis). This 

 species would seem to be very near the blue forms taken by Prof. 

 Wickham at Alpine, Texas, were it not for the hairy front of pimer- 

 iana, which is very apparent in the type, and the serrulate tip of 

 the elytra. 



Sexguttata-purpurea group. 



Thorax convex, not margined, narrowed behind. 

 Elytra convex, granulate-punctate. 

 Front not Lairy. 

 Immaculate or marked with dots, scarcely hairy beneath, .sexguttata. 



Middle band complete, more hairy beneath patriiela. 



Front hairy. 

 Thorax and elytra nearly the same color. 



Immaculate or with dots and a normal middle band purpurea. 



Marked with a marginal line and a normal middle band.ciiuari'wiia. 



Marked with dots and an elongate middle band. lO-iiotata. 



Thorax and head green, elytra cupreous with or without dots and a normal 



middle band splendida. 



V. sexguttata Fab., 1775, Syst. Eut., p. 226; Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, new 

 sen, 1818, i, p. 414, pi. 13, fig. 4; Dej., Spec, i, 53; Lee. Ann. Lye. vi, 

 p. 176 ; Schaupp, I. c, p. 88, pi. 2, fig. 32. 

 Length 10-14 mm. ^.40-. 56 inch. 



i?a6ttoi.— Canada ; Me. ; Mass. ; N. H. ; N. Y. ; N. J. ; Pa. ; Md. ; 

 N. C. ; Ga. ; La. ; Iowa ; Wis. ; Tex. ; Dak. 



Commonly green above and beneath, often with a strong bluish 

 reflection ; markings ordinarily either six or eight white dots, more 

 rarely reduced to four, two or none. Head bald in front, interocular 

 strite strong and numerous, labrum strongly three toothed ; thorax 

 slightly rugose, strongly punctured and with deep impressions; elytra 

 granulate punctate with marginal, anteapical and apical dot and 

 sometimes a discal dot also, or sometimes with part or all lacking; 

 not hairy above and beneath, only scattered hairs on the usually 

 hairy parts. Lives in shady roads, clear woods or pastures. 



Var. Ilarrisii n. var. 

 Length 11 13 mm.=.44-.52 inch. 



ffa^i^ai. —Southwestern Catskill Mountains, N. Y. ; Lake Mem- 

 phremagog, Canada ; Mountains of N. C. ; western Conn. ; occur- 

 ring always at an elevation of 1000 feet or over. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this variety to its discoverer, Mr. Ed w. 

 D. Harris. It differs from typical C. sexguttata in the color, which 

 is olivaceous green, and in living only at a considerable elevation. 



