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obsoletely granulose; first segment feebly impressed along middle; 

 last segment broadly, arcuately emarginate at apex. Prosternum 

 feebly convex, densely, coarsely punctate, and rather sparsely clothed 

 with long, erect cinereous hairs; anterior margin nearly truncate; 

 prosternal process feebly convex, not sulcate at middle, sides parallel 

 to behind anterior coxal cavities, then obliquely attenuate to the 

 apex, which is rather broadly rounded, anterior femora feebly 

 swollen at middle; anterior tibiae somewhat flattened at apex, but 

 without a large hook; anterior tarsi not broader than the posterior 

 ones. 



Female. — Usually more robust than the male, each elytron with 

 an irregular yellow fascia at apical third, a small subapical spot, 

 and occasionally with a small yellow discal spot at middle, pro- 

 sternum sparsely punctured and not conspicuously pubescent, ab- 

 domen with the first segment more convex, and the last segment 

 more sinuate at apex. 



Length, 11-18 mm.; width, 4.5-7 mm. 



This species was originally described by Fabricius (1787) from 

 North America, and Chevrolat (1838) described the same species 

 from Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe Island, under the name of 

 Ihetvninie^'i. Fleutiaux and Salle (1890) record both fasciata and 

 Iherminieri from Guadeloupe. 



The species although having a wide distribution, is usually not 

 taken in numbers. It is found from Canada to Georgia, and west- 

 ward to Wisconsin, and seems to be confined to the northeastern part 

 of the country. The species varies considerably in elytral markings 

 and coloration, which has caused much confusion and synonymy. 

 No specimens have been examined from the West Indies and the 

 above description was made from specimens from the United States. 



BUPRESTIS MACULATIVENTRIS Say 



Buprestis maciilaUventris Say, Long's Second Expedition, vol. 2, 1824, p. 

 272-273.— NicoLAY and Weiss, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 26 ; 1918, pp. 

 90-91 : 



Buprestis maculiventris Gesimingek and Hakold, Catal. Coleopt., vol. 5, 

 1869, p. 1378. 



Anci/lochira sexnotata Castelnau and Gory, Mou. Bupr., vol. 2, 1838, 

 Buin-estis, pp. 129-130, pi. 32, fig. 178. 



Ancylochira maura Castelnau and Gouy, Mon. Bupr., vol. 2, 1838, Bupres- 

 tis, p. 131, pi. 33, fig. 181 (Not maura Olivier). 



Male — Elongate, slightly oval; head aeneous or cupreous, and 

 more or less marked with yellow on the front; pronotum and elytra 

 aeneous, obscure viridis or subcupreous, the former with the apical 

 angles yellow, shining ; beneath aeneous to cupreous, sometimes with 

 a purplish tinge, and the last four ventral segments of the abdomen 



