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Vat\ c. Fronte maculis lineisque, thoracis^ 

 que anguhs anticis flavis, abdomine fub- 

 tus utnnque maculis quatuor fulvis, ul- 

 tima majore finuata. 



Bupreftis pun&ata. Fabr. fyft. eleut. z. i$U. 27* 

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Habitat in fylvaticis pnffirn, non infrequens, 



Defcr. Media, fed magnitudine, ut & colore 

 valde variat., Caput deflexum virefcenti-seneum, fron- 

 te creberrimerugofo-pun6hta, vertice obfolete cana- 

 liculato. Antennse tenu.es, ferratse, nigro- senese, 

 longitudjne fere thoracis» Thorax antice anguftior, 

 ihique late emarginatus , lateribus parum rotundatus, 

 poftice bi-finuatus, angulis inflexis fub- acuminatis;. 

 fiipra modice convexus , crebre punchtus , prsefertim 

 verfus iatera ; virefcenti-seneus nitidus. Scutellum 

 minutum orbiculatum aeneum. Elytra thoraee latio- 

 ra, pone bafm dilatata,. in medio parum linuata-e-. 

 marginata, apicem verfus anguftata.,, apice obtufa, 

 obfolete bidentata; * fu^ra modice convexa, hinc in- 

 deimpreffa, in^sequalia, regulariter ftriata , interfti- 

 tiis piKiclatis , prsefertim verfus latera; color varjat, 

 virefcens, viridi-aeneus, aut ccerulefcens. Corpus 

 virefcenti-aeneum nitidum, crebre pun&atum, fub- 

 pubefcens. Pedes viridi-senei. 



Var. b. differt tantum ore, maculis duabus fron- 

 talibus, lineola ante oculos, aliaque in angulo anti- 

 co thoracis , flavo^albidis ; in ultimo abdominis feg- 

 mento fubtus maculae duse flavae feu fulvae finuatse, 



Var. c , in omnibus fimilis var* b , fed praeterea 

 ad latera abdominis fubtus utrinque pun&a tria fla- 

 vo - rubra, 



5.B. 



