DESCRIPTION, 



Body highly polished, green with a brassy 

 tinge, punctured : head confluently punctured : 

 thorax more densely punctured on the anterior 

 portion ; on the middle of the posterior margin 

 a distinct indentation : elytra striate, the striae 

 punctured ; a yellow undulated band behind the 

 middle, with a dark violaceous areola; midway 

 between the band and the tip, is a yellow spot 

 on each ely trum, with a dark violaceous areola ; 

 tip bidentate : beneath immaculate : feet of the 

 same colour as the body. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This beautiful insect was sent to me by Mr. 

 E. Holmes of Gardiner Lyceum, Maine. The 

 authors quoted in our synonyms, observe that it 

 inhabits North America, without mentioning 

 any particular part of the continent in which it 

 was found. I had supposed it to be a native of 

 the southern States, and was therefore surprised 

 to receive it from the northern extremity of 

 the Union. In his description of this species, 

 Olivier remarks, that "on voit quelquefois un 

 point fauve vers le milieu de chaque elytre, 



PLATE XXVI. 



