DIC^LUS SPLENDIDUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax violaceous ; elytra cupreous brilliant. 



SYNONYM. 



Dic^Lus Splendidus. Nobis. Trans. Amer. 

 Philos. Soc. vol. ii. New^ Series, p. 69. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black: thorax hardly perceptibly nar- 

 rowed at base; the posterior part of the lateral 

 edge is not in the slightest degree excurved, but 

 proceeds rectilinearly to the posterior angle; 

 lateral and posterior margins depressed, lateral 

 edge reflected ; colour blackish-violaceous on the 

 disk, and more vivid violaceous on the lateral and 

 posterior margins: elytra highly polished, bril- 

 liant red coppery, exhibiting in a particular 

 light, a green reflection ; humeral carina extend- 

 ing tw^o thirds the length of the elytra; striae 



PLATE XXIV. 



