•^ I oKn£K CULi:OI>TU(A. 



the largest, Is an undiiliiting luuul rxti<iuUiii; m-Hrly nrruM the riylnini, «n«l ihv Inst 



is a *\*>t m-ar tlie iijM'X : the nimts are surruumM wiJii n » ' -i ..i..... i -i.-r 1 1... 



a|M'X \\n* n <itiH-l-liluc rt'dcxloii, ami is l)ii!cnl«t«*. 



Thi!t is i.nr nl* tlic lliu-st lK-ftlr>» Ix-loiminx tu this fuiuily : it \ ui' > m l< ii.:tli Ic : i !■ ur 



ti) six tfHtlLtof 4111 inrli. The Imiuls an- viirinliii' in niuu)K>r : tlu-y an- found itt»nu' with 



thrtf, i.tiii-rs witli t\v.>, wliich !•« tht- iui>sl r«>iiinitin, nml olill nnotlar VMricty has oul) ono. 



( I hiiv«" oKjiervwl, in s«>me o|' tJu- |>latt!t, tlie color of tht- fitrurf is to«» hUrk, and the 



KriH'n too indistinct. | 



BiHBi-HTiB . ( Plate xxxl, ng. 11.) 



Slightly dfprriscd, widened jn^lerlorly and punclur*'*!. MnndiMes narrow, Idaclc ; U-neath 

 purplish grt«en : eyes l)laclc : antenna- green : head and thorax grren, cupreous and 

 metallic. Klytra bordered with metallic piiride ; disk green, forming a middle lon- 

 gitudinal liand ; also marked with four elevutM lines, tnujcate, and terminated at 

 the inner angle with a minute spine. 

 This iHUUliful sjneies was f-uud at AlUuiy : its elytra are finely bordered with pur|>l«; 

 the suturul line is dividi-«l into two near tlie l>a-e, and is dotted iKtween. It a]>|*ear8 to be 

 riire. as it is tlie only one I have seen in any of our colleetions. 



IJipiiijiTis (Cmrysodotiiuis) dentipes (Gcrmar). (Plato v, fig- 2.) 



Depresse<lor flattened,. -Mong oval, purplish c<.pi>er col< .r alH.ve j U-neath c..pi>er col..re<l, 



finely punctured. Surface covered in patches with a kind of shaun « n Tli. i.ix i.;:ii l.t I 



with two elevatetl lines : elytra rounded behind. 



This sjH-cieS is still less convex than the divarUata : its metallic liu» ^ .m n-- i.Min u 



it is destittile nf denticles at the ajH-x of the wing-covers, its eyes are much smaller, and 



its mouth differently constructed. It inhabits the different .sjK-cies of c«ks,and is not found 



alxiut our fruit orchards or gardens. It is the U. characttrUlica of IIauki.s ( New-England 



Farmer, Vol. viii, \>.'Z ). 



Bi i-HK.sTi8 (Chhvsodoturis) ihmobata (Fab.). (Plate v, fig. 3.) 



RatlKT depressed. Color black and bn>nze«l alxive, glossy and metallic Uneath : upp«T 



slile the alMlomen is green, punctured aUive and underneath. Kyes gray. Head is 



marke«l with an elevatetl line, and covered with short whitish hairs in H. nt. F.lytra 



n>undiHl ; the jKWterior edge subserrate, or scarcely serrated. 



Tliis si>ecies is smaller than the drntipes. It has a well marked tof>th in-ii:« .i liif (high 



of the forelegs. The elytra are rather shorter than the al^lomen, luul have an appn>aeh to 



thrtH- pair of imj-nsse*! gray transverse sjxjts. It varies in slae ; not excewiing, however, 



half an inch in length. 



I tfiok many in.livi.luals of this species in Canandaigua several years since, in June, 

 upon a blark . ..K Ilii r..rigolug species api^ar t.) be widely distrilmtetl. 



