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closely punctate, intervals broad. Antenncc dark greenish black or bronzed. 

 Head and pronotum closely and coarsely punctate, sides of pronotum some- 

 times almost parallel, often arcuate and slightly swollen at base. Ventral 

 surface and legs bright cupreous to greenish or violaceous, densely punctate. 

 Length 11 to 18 mm. 



Records. — West iNrfiES. Southern Pines, in lowlands, July to 

 late August, very rare (Manee) ; Cranberry (Thomas) ; North Caro- 

 lina. Clayton, 2000-3700 ft.; Georgia. Cobham ; Virginia. Ken- 

 tucky. Gloucester County, rare ; New Jersey. Cataraugus County, 

 July (Davis) ; Lake Minnewaska, July (Davis) ; Wilmington, July 6 

 (Shoemaker) ; Keene Valley, Essex County, July, August, September 

 (Notman) ; Binghamton, Sept. (Ellsworth) ; New York. Endeavor, 

 July 12 to 30 (Kirk) (KnuU) ; State College, August 11 (Knull) ; 

 Monroe County (Davis) ; Pocono Lake, July 10 (C. T. Greene) ; 

 Crooked Creek, July 7; Pennsylvania. Maryland. Waterford; 

 Monmouth (Frost) ; Maine. Whitehall, July 29 (Liljeblad) ; N. 

 Muskegon, July 13 (Hill) ; Pentwater, July 18 (Liljeblad) ; Pequam- 

 ing, August 8 (Hebard) ; Baraga County, August 21, July 27 

 (Hebard); Paw Paw Lake, July 18 (Liljeblad); Charity Island, 

 July 18 (Andrews) ; Muskegon, July; Grand Beach, June; Marquette, 

 June 28, common in washup (Sherman); Michigan. Brule River, 

 Douglas County, August 16 (Stone); Keshena, July (A. Skinner); 

 Wisconsin. Duluth (Doggett) ; Minnesota. Indiana. Cincin- 

 nati (Dury) ; Ohio. Toronto, Ont. ; Shawbridge; Matane County, 

 August (Winn) ; Charlevoix County, August (Lyman) ; Levis 

 County (Fyles) ; Terrebonne County (Hansen) ; Montreal Is., July 

 (Chagnon) ; Vaudreuil County (Desnochers) ; Quebec; Parry Sound, 

 July; Kearney, Ont., July 26 (Van Duzee) ; Canada. Breeds in 

 maple ? and poplar ? (Chamberlin). 



This is an eastern species, local and not usually taken in numbers 

 except along the shore of Lake Superior during the end of June. 

 Dr. E. C. Van Dyke finds that sexplagiafa is merely the male of 

 fasciata. The males are rare in collections because they are taken 

 only accidentally on shrubbery and bushes and sometimes in copula. 

 The females can be taken on logs when they are ovipositing. 



Buprestis fasciata var. langi (Manncrheim), 43^237. 

 ornata Walker, 66-324. 

 bistrinotata Casey, 09-108. 

 angusta Casey, 09-108. 



