250 New American Species of the Genera 



tures, two elevated glabrous lines forming a groove between 

 them ; an elevated line on each side originating on the an- 

 terior edge, and becoming obsolete at the middle of its 

 length ; a somewhat elevated, oblique line at the posterior 

 angles : elytra entire, rounded at tip, with regular 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 colour, were sent me by Dr. J. F. Melsheimer, and 

 I have a female, taken several years since, which is of a de- 

 cided coppery tint, though somewhat dull ; the colour, there- 

 fore, 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 cha- 

 racteristic. 



2. B. bilincaia. Thorax each side, and line on each elytrum, 

 fulvous. 



Buprestis bilineata, Melsh. Catal. 



Description. Body slender; above, black : head dull brass\ , 

 longitudinally 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 ; in- 

 dented at base; on each is a slender, dull, fulvous line ori- 

 ginating near the humerus, and extended towards the tip. 

 where it gradually approaches the scutel : scutel transverse 

 and transversely carinated : beneath dark green, polished 

 on the venter ; edge of the postpectns and venter with a 

 dull fulvous line. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



The quercata Fabr. is described to be green, with a fuscous 

 vitta on the elytra, and a spot on the thorax ; it therefore differ. 1 : 



