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Var. terricola Say, 1824, Long's Exp., 268 ; Lee. /. c, p. 61 ; Schaupp, I. c, p. 95. 

 Length 10 mm. =.49 inch. 



Habitat. -''^OYth AVest Territory" (Say); Nebraska, H. B. T. 

 (Schaupp); Baja California (Wickham) ; Cal. (Horn collection). 



" Closely allied to pusilla, but the marking of the elytra differs, 

 " and the thorax is not so much contracted at base, and is more 

 "closely affixed to the abdomen." 



" Black ; a white line at the tip of the elytra; body destitute of 

 " metallic lustre; labrum white, breadth more than twice the length, 

 " tip three-toothed, intermediate tooth conic acute, the lateral teeth 

 " angulated obtuse ; mandibles white on the exterior base ; thorax a 

 "little hairy; elytra with scattered very minute punctures, which 

 "are oblique, as if formed by a pointed instrument directed towards 

 " the anterior part of the insect, so that the surface before each punc- 

 " ture is a little elevated ; a white line margins the extremity ; ven- 

 "ter blackish testaceous." (Say.) 



Var. cyanella Lee, 1856, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xi, 46 ; Schaupp, /. c. p. 95, pi. 

 3, fig. 72. 

 Length 9-10 mm.=.36-.40 inch. 



Habitat.— Yellowstone River (Montana ?) was the locality from 

 which the type was taken ; Kan., Neb., Dak., Nev. (Schaupp). 



" Dark blue, sericeous, head striate on both sides, thorax longer 

 "than wide, sides slightly rounded, clothed with white hair, slightly 

 " narrowed behind, elytra fuscous, gradually wide behind the humeri, 

 "strongly punctate with blue, humeral lunule curved, apical lunule 

 "inflexed in front, spot at middle short, close to the margin, but not 

 "reaching it, more produced within ; beneath, the sides are clothed 

 " with white hair, tibise obsoletely testaceous at middle ; labrum white, 

 "short and subtridentate, palpi of males pale, with last joint black, 

 " maxillary piceous at base. Differs from pusilla by the deep and 

 " large punctures, and from cinctipennis in having the elytral form 

 " and markings of pusilla.'" (LeConte.) 



€'. cinctipennis Lee, 1848, Ann. Lye, iv, 182, pi. 14, fig. 12; Trans. Am. 

 Phil. Soe, xi, 45 ; Schaupp, I. c, p. 96, pi, 3, fig. 68, 69 ; pi. 5, fig. 138. 

 Length 9 12 mm.=.36-.48 inch. 



Habitat. — Platte and Arkansas River, on muddy plains (Le. 

 Conte) ; Neb., Kan., Mont., Col., Cal, Wash; (Schaupp) ; N. Mex. 

 (F. H. Snow); Buena Vista, Col., July (Wickham); Winslow, 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVIII. JUNE, 1902. 



