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6. Elytra with distinct spots or vittae 7. 



Elytra immaculate 9. 



7. Elytron each with two reddish or fulvous vittae, more or less confluent 



and united lineata Fabricius. 



Elytron with fulvous spots or blotches 8. 



S. Color above green to dark blue, the elytra ornated with irregular fulvous 



markings fasciata Fabricius 



Color above aeneous, with a brownish or purpureous tinge, the elytra 



ornated with irregular fulvous markings maculipennis Gory. 



9. Elytral intervals between striae 2-3, 4-5, and 8-9 elevated and forming 



obtuse ridges maculativentris Say 



Elytral intervals flat 10. 



10. Elytra fulvous, with the suture, lateral margins, and bottoms of striae 



purpureo-cupreous cubensis Fisher. 



Elytra piceous, with a strong purpureous or cupreous tinge. 



decipiens Fisher. 

 BUPRESTIS MACULIPENNIS Gory 



Buprestis maculipennis Goby, Mon. Bupr., Suppl., vol. 4, 1840, pp. 118-120, 

 pi. 21, fig. 117. — Fleutiaux and Salle, Ann. Soc. But. France, ser. 6, 

 vol. 9, 1890, p. 405 (separate p. 55). — Nicolay and Weiss, Journ. N. Y. 

 Ent. Soc, vol. 26, 1918, pp. 93-94, pi. 1, figs. 1-2. 



Ancylooheira maculipennds Dejean, Cat. Coleopt., 2 ed., 1833, p. 78 ; 3 ed., 

 1836, p. 88. 



Buprestis inconstans Melsheimee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc'., Phila., vol. 2, 1846, 

 p. 146. 



Buprestis deficiens Casey, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, pp. 90-91. 



Buprestis fusiformls Casey, Proc. Wash. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, p. 

 91. 



Buprestis scripta Casey, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, p. 91. 



Buprestis reducta, Casey. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, p. 92. 



Buprestis leporina Casey, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, p. 92. 



3Iale. — Elongate oval, shorter and less attenuate posteriorly than 

 Ihieata; head aeneous, front variable in color, sometimes yellowish or 

 brick-red, with two central spots and a small spot at base of each 

 antennae aeneous; pronotum and elytra aeneous, sometimes with a 

 brownish or purpureous tinge, the former occasionally with the apical 

 angles yellowish, the latter with yellowish markings, which are ex- 

 tremely variable, ranging from a few scattered spots to large con- 

 fluent patches covering the entire elytra, except the humeri, suture, 

 lateral margins, and a triangular spot in middle, extending from the 

 lateral margins to suture and apex, but not forming vittae, as in 

 lineata; beneath aeneous, the anterior part of prosternum, median 

 part of sternum, and last abdominal segment more or less marked 

 with yellow. 



Head flat, with a feeble longitudinal carina on occiput; surface 

 coarsely and irregularly punctate, and sparsely clothed with incon- 

 spicuous hairs: intervals smooth and rather shining; epistoma 

 broadly, but feebly arcuately emarginate in front. Pronotum not 



