386 ANNALS OF THE LYCEUM. 



[From Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. I. , 

 part 2; 1825. Pp. 249— 268.] 



Descriptions of new American Species of the Genera BTJPRESTIS, 

 TRACHYS and ELATER. 

 Read January 17, 1825. 



BUPBJSSTIS. 



1. B. transversa. — Cupreous or blackish.; elytra with stria) 

 of punctures; a glabrous line between the eyes. 



Desc. Body varying in color, from a dull cupreous to brown- 

 ish black j head with large, confluent punctures, and a distinct 

 elevated line extending transversely between the eyes : eyes dis- 

 tant : thorax with large confluent punctures, [250] two elevated 

 glabrous lines forming a groove between them : an elevated line 

 on each side originating on the anterior edge, and becoming ob- 

 solete at the middle of its length ; a somewhat elevated, oblique 

 line at the posterior angles ; elytra entire, rounded at tip with re- 

 gular striae of punctures : beneath much punctured. 



Length half an inch. 



It is about the size of B. longipes nob. The sexes, of a very 

 dark color, were sent me by Dr. J . F. Melsheimer, and I have a fe- 

 male, taken several years since, which is of a decided coppery 

 tint, though somewhat dull ; the color, therefore, cannot be relied 

 upon ; but the lines of punctures on the elytra, the form of the 

 thoracic lines, and the transverse frontal line, in conjunction with 

 the entire elytra, are sufficiently characteristic. 



[A Dicerca, previously described as B. punctulatd Schonh. — 

 Lec] 



2. B.bilineata. — Thorax each side, and line on each elytrum, 

 fulvous. 



Buprestis bilineata Melsh. Catal. 



Desc. Body slender ; above,, black : head dull brassy, longi- 

 tudinally indented, and with an oblique indentation each side on 

 the front : thorax with a dull fulvous lateral margin ; elytra 

 rounded at tip, and minutely serrated ; indented at base ; on each 

 is a slender, dull, fulvous line originating near the humerus, and 



