DESCRIPTION. 



Body bright green, punctured : head densely 

 and confluently punctured ; an obsolete indented 

 longitudinal line, more distinct on the vertex: 

 antennse purplish, the basal joint rufous : thorax 

 densely and confluently punctured, more parti- 

 cularly on the anterior and lateral margins; in 

 the middle of the disk, these punctures are some- 

 what sparse : scutel rounded, convex : elytra stri- 

 ate, slightly tinged with violaceous; the striae 

 and interstitial lines, slightly punctured; very 

 numerous transversely confluent light yellow 

 dots; tip slightly obliquely truncated, acute at 

 the suture, but not mucronate or dentate ; edge 

 entire : tarsi purplish-brown. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



I cannot find any notice of this very fine in- 

 sect in any attainable author, and having never 

 obtained an individual in the Atlantic States, I 

 think it highly probable, that it is altogether 

 limited in its range, to the Western region. 



A specimen was presented to me, when at 

 Fort Osage, on the Missouri river, by Lieut. 

 Scott, of the Rifle regiment, a gentleman, whose 



PLATE XXVI. 



