206 GEORGIi H. HORN, M. D. 



(Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xii, p. 26) which is reproduced with such 

 additions and changes as seem necessary. 



Prothorax feebly margined at base; clypeus emai-ginate 2. 



Prothorax strongly margined at base 3. 



2. — Prothorax finely and densely punctured, elytra punetulate, with strife of 

 small, appj-oximate punctures, becoming obsolete behind; color greeti, 



pubescence coarse. Length 5 mm. Kansas berylliiius. 



Prothorax strongly and densely punctured, elytra alutaceous, with strise of 

 small, approximate punctures, becoming obsolete behind ; form more 

 elongate; color blackish green, pubescence coarse. Length 4 mm. Colo. 



obscuriis. 



Form of heryllhms ; prothorax less densely punctured ; elytra punetulate. strise 

 composed of larger, less approximate punctures, becoming obsolete behind ; 

 color coppery, green, or even blackish. Length 4 — 4.5 mm. Illinois, 

 Texas. Kansas vm'isiii!^. 



3. — Clypeus truncate 4. 



Clypeus emarginate .5. 



4. — Coppery, thinly pubescent; head strongly punctured, alutaceous; prothorax 

 punctured, at the sides rugose; elytra punetulate, stria? composed of dis- 

 tant, larger punctures, obsolete behind, sometimes indistitict. Length 

 4 mm. Massachusetts to Georgia, Iowa and Texas pubesceus. 



Bronze or coppery, thinly pubescent; stouter and smaller than pubescens, the 

 thorax is rugosely punctured over the whole disc and the elytra are 

 punetulate with very obsolete rows of larger punctures. Length 2.5 mm. 

 New York to Texas and Florida curtipeiinis. 



5. — Coppery, thinly clothed with white hair; head and prothorax punctured, not 

 rugose; elytra punetulate, strife composed of distant, larger punctures; 

 form as in curtipennis. Middle and Southern Atlantic States. 



n]arcas»«itii$«. 

 Coppery or green, thinly clothed with very short, white, erect pubescence; 

 head alutaceous, sparsely punctured, thorax more densely; elytra uni- 

 formly punctured, strife obsolete, indicated by short hairs arranged in 



rows. Length 3 — 4 mm. Texas. simplex. 



Elongate, green or coppery, thinly clothed with long, coarse, white hair! 

 head feebly, prothorax irregularly punctured with indistinct smooth 

 spots; elytra punetulate, strise composed of conspicuously larger distant 

 punctures. Length 4 mm. Wyoming. Idaho, Colorado, Kansas, Wiscon- 

 sin, Arizona nebiilosiis. 



G. boi\yIlinii«« Lee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xii, p. 26. 

 G. obsciirus Lee, loc. cit. 

 G. Tariaiis Lee, loc. cit. 



No other description than that given in the table was written by 

 Dr. LeConte of these three species, and none seems necessary, in view 

 of the similarity of form of all of them. 



G. pubescens Mels.. Proc. Acad, iii, p. 169; Lee, loc. cit. 



Icuprea Prov. Nat. Canad. x, p. 383. 

 G. curtipeiiuis Mels., loc. cit. : Lee, loc. cit. 



