790 



FAMILY XXXIX. Bl'PRESTID.lC. 



usually with lirst and second costie distinct near apex, and with two trans- 

 verse depressions on each side, the first a little in front of middle, second 

 one-third from apex, the basal depression rather feeble; surface coarsely 

 and, on the sides, conllnciilly pnnt'tni-fd. Length 7-l(i nun. (Fig. 302.) 



Thi'ouulKnit the State; frequent. May 15-Jiine 28. Mating on 

 .June 7. Occurs esi)ecially on the trunks of white oak, peach and 

 apple trees, in the wood of which tlie hirvtv l)()re. The grubs are 

 l^nowii as the ' ' flat-headed apple borer, ' ' and often do much damage 

 to orchards where the trees are not in hi^althy condition. 



1001 (4040). CiiEYSOBOTiiKis FLORicoLA Gory, Mon. Buprest. Suppl., 1S:>7. 

 179. 

 Oblong, subdepressed. Dark bronze, with slight cupreous tinge; an- 

 tennaj bronzed, male, greenish, female. Thorax more than twice as wide 

 as long, sides nearly parallel at middle, narrowed at apex and base; disk 

 with a distinct median channel and some irregular depressions near the 

 side; surface coarsely punctate, less densely at middle. Elyti'a wider than 

 Ihorax, usually widest slightly behind the middle, gradually narrowed at 

 apical third, margin serrulate, tips obtusely rounded; first costa moderately 

 elevated from apex to middle, the others indistinctly defined; basal and 

 humeral depressions not deep, the one behind the middle double; surface 

 densely punctured between the elevations, more sparsely at base. Pro- 

 sternum distinctly lobed in front. Length S.5-12 mm. 



Posey (^'ounty; rare. June 11. Occurs from the ^liddle States 

 to Florida. 



Fig-i. 303-305. Chii/sobothris (leniipeji. a, head, front view; /;, last male ventral sesnicnt; c, last female ventral 

 segment; d, front leg of male. (After Packard in Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent. Cnmni.) 



(\ (Jcniipes Germ. (Figs. 803-305), length 10-16 mm., is said to 

 occur throughout the area east of the Mississippi River, but has 

 iH)t yet l)ee!i noted from Indiana. 



ir»02 (10,077). Chrysobothris blanchakdi Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 XIII, ISSG, 93. 

 Moderately elongate, depressed. Dark bronze, shining; antenntp of male 

 greenisli, of female bronzed, third .joint as long as the next two. Clypeus 



