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ently of the form of the thorax, which is shorter, and angulated on the sides, that the seulp- 
ture of the depressed portions of the elytra is more rough, and more strongly punctured. 
8. OC. virginiensis. Buprestis virginiensis Drury, Ins. 1, 66, tab. 50, f. 3. Herbst, Kafer, 9, 114, tab. 
148, f. 1: Turton’s Linné, 411. ?Gory and Laporte, 2, 11, tab. 2, f. 7. 
B. virginica Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 6, 157. 
B. (Chalcophora) virginica Harris, Ins. Inj. to Vegetation, 44; 2nd Ed. 42; New Engl. Farmer, 1829, p. 2. 
Buprestis mariana Linn. Mus. Ulr., 89. 
Chalcophora liberta (var. obscura) Fitch, Trans. N. Y., State Agric. Soc., 1859, 701. 
Chalcophora noveeboracensis Fitch, ibid. 
Middle, Eastern and Southern States; abundant. This species may be readily dis- 
tinguished by the dull colour, the fine punctuation of the depressed spaces of the elytra, 
of which the four impressed spaces are better defined than in the other, and finally by 
the sides of the thorax being broadly rounded before the middle, and not at all angulated. 
The synonyms of Dr. Fitch are known to me through specimens kindly communicated to 
me for comparison by Mr. T. B. Ashton. 
4. C. georgiana, aureo-znea, thorace inaequali, spatiis elevatis nitidis lavibus, depressis rude punctatis, 
linea dorsali latiuscula, sulcis dorsalibus parum profundis postice fere obsoletis, latitudine vix breviore, lateribus 
antice late rotundatis; elytris sulco subsuturali integro, costa 3ia bis subinterrupta, et paulo dilatata, postice cum 
Ima juncta, dia postice paulo-dilatata cum 4ta haud confluente, spatiis depressis dense rugose punctatis, sutura 
acuminata. Long. ‘93—1-03. 
Buprestis georgiana Lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Se., 1857, 7. 
Buprestis liberta | Lap. and Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 11, tab. 2, f. 6. 
Georgia and South Carolina. Larger and comparatively narrower than C. liberta, 
of a more golden colour, less rough, and readily known by the shallow grooves adjacent 
to the dorsal costa of the thorax. 
5. C. liberta Fitch, Trans. N. Y. State Agric. Soc., 1857, 700. 
Buprestis liberta Germ. Ins. Nov. 38. 
Buprestis borealis Lap. and Gory, 2, 13; tab. 3, fig. 9. 
Middle and Western States, abundant, varies slightly in colour, but usually of a fine 
golden copper tint. The broadly rounded sides of the thorax, the deep dorsal grooves, 
and the entire sutural stria well distinguish this species. 
6. C. fortis, enea, thorace inxquali spatiis elevatis nitidis levibus obscurioribus, depressis rude confertim 
punctatis, sulcis dorsalibus modice profundis, latitudine vix breviore, lateribus ante medium obtuse angulatis; elytris 
sulco subsuturali integro, costa 2nda bisinterrupta, parte secunda paulo latiore, 8ia postice parum dilatata, spatiis de- 
pressis dense rugose punctatis, sutura haud acuminata. long. 1-04. 
Pennsylvania and New York, not common; sufficiently distinguished by the greater 
roughness of the depressed portions, and the angulated sides of the thorax. 
