entoure de bleu," and this he represents in his 

 plate, but I have only a single specimen, and 

 reference to another in the collection of the 

 Philadelphia Museum, both corresponding with 

 the annexed figure. 



Herbst describes Olivier's variety as a distinct 

 species, under the name of C. maculata^ (vol. ix, 

 p. 163, pi. 148, fig. 5,) without any reference to 

 Olivier. 



The upper right figure. 



BUPRESTIS CONFLUENTA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Green, polished, punctured; elytra with con- 

 fluent yellow spots. 



SYNONYM. 



BupRESTis CoNFLUENTA. Nobls. Joum. Acad. 

 Nat, Sciences, vol. iii. p. 159. 



PLATE XXVI. 



