212 REVISION OF THE BUPRESTID OF THE UNITED STATES. 
A. Thorax dense punctatus, callis nitidis ornatus —-- - - - - - Sp. 1. 
B. Thorax haud eallosus; corpus planiusculum, supra glabrum. 
a. Corpus supra subtiliter punctatum = - - - - - - Sp. 2—6. 
b. Corpus fortius punctatum; thorax rugosus - - - - - Sp. 7—8. 
C. Thorax haud callosus, corpus cylindricum, supra breviter pubescens. - - - Sp. 9. 
A. 
1. M. miranda. Phenops mirandus Lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Se. 7, 83. 
Fort Union, New Mexico, collected by Major Sibley. 
B.—a. 
2. M. consputa, atra, depressa, opaca, thorace tenuiter canaliculato, subtilius transyersim rugoso, lateribus 
punctato et lineis elevatis aciculato, angulis posticis longius carinatis, elytris postice oblique angustatis, confertim 
eranulato-punctatis, guttis utrinque quatuor obscure croceis ornatis; subtus zeneo-nigra. Long. °47. 
Lee. Pac. R. R. Expl. and Surveys, Vol. 11, Ins. 47° Par. 44. 
Northern California, collected by Mr. J. Child, and given me by Mr. Rathvon. Nearly 
of the form of M. longipes, but narrower: tips of elytra separately rounded, not acuminate: 
the spots are so arranged as to form with those of the opposite elytron a figure rounded 
anteriorly, with a straight posterior outline. 
3. M. notata. Apatura notata Lap. & Gory, Mon. Buprest. 1, 4, tab. 1, fig. 5. 
Melanophila luteosignata Liegler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 2, 267. 
Middle and Southern States. Varies very much in the size of the yellow spots, the 
lateral one is sometimes large and triangular, sometimes only represented by two small 
round spots: the posterior spot is also sometimes divided into two. The apex of the 
elytra is slightly acuminate. 
4. M. longipes Gory, Mon. Buprest. 4, 75, tab. 13, fig. 74. 
Buprestis longipes Say, Journ. Ac. Nat. Se. 8, 164. 
Apatura appendiculata { Lap. & Gory, Mon. Buprest. 1, 8, tab. 2, fig. 14. 
Buprestis (Oxypteris) appendiculata Kirby, Fauna Bor. Am. 160. 
Melanophiia immaculata Gory, Mon. Bupr. 4, 74, tab. 18, fig. 72. 
Pennsylvania, Kansas, Lake Superior. Very closely related to the European M. a p- 
pendiculata, but on comparison the thorax is less rounded on the sides, which are less 
sinuate posteriorly. Asin that species the sculpture is very indistinct at the middle, and 
the small carina at the basal angles is nearly parallel with the margin. ‘The elytra are 
more gradually narrowed behind, and the apex is rectilinearly attenuated from the suture 
while in M. appendiculata, the inner outline of the tip is concave, though not so much so 
as in the next species. The tip of the abdomen, as in the others of this group, is slightly 
emarginate, with the angles acute. 
