224 REVISION OF THE BUPRESTIDA OF THE UNITED STATES. 
In the male the apex is truncate, with a submarginal transverse carina; in the female it 
is rounded, and the carina is less distinct. The spots are very variable; in one specimen 
the anterior ones are small and not connected with a transverse band-like spot at the mid- 
dle: in others, there is a vitta from the base to the middle, enclosing several spots, and 
bending outwards to the margin at its extremity. The posterior bands are oblique, and 
do not attain the suture; a minute apical yellow dot is frequently seen. 
The wings of several specimens project when the elytra are closed, from which I am 
disposed to think, that this species flies after the manner of Cetoniz, with the elytra not 
expanded. 
5. A. acuta, cuneiformis, depressa, nigro-enea, hirta, thorace latitudine plus duplo breviore, lateribus ro- 
tundatis, ante basin vix latiore, grosse punctato medio triangulariter valde excavato, ad latera oblique excayato, 
elytris thorace haud angustioribus, a basi sensim attenuatis, postice magis oblique attenuatis, et serratis apice con- 
junctim rotundatis, punctis seriatis impressis, striis externis profundis, interstitiis planis rugulosis, uniseriatim 
punctulatis, maculis pluribus ante medium confluentibus, alterisque duabus pone medium, prima transversa, se- 
cunda longitudinali; subtus parce cinereo-pubescens. Long. 33. 
One specimen with the preceding, from Fort Tejon. Resembles the former in mark- 
ings, but the form is quite different, the thorax being not wider than the elytra, with the 
sides not inflexed behind; it is more coarsely punctured, and the disc is more excavated: 
the elytra are attenuated, and therefore more acute behind: the anterior spots have a 
tendency to become confluent, but the two which represent the posterior bands are differ- 
ent, one being a marginal transverse spot, and the other a subapical longitudinal one: 
there is, besides, an apical yellow dot, and a minute marginal one. ‘The last ventral seg- 
ment is rounded, with a small subapical carina. 
6. A. ornata, subcuneiformis, atra, hirta, fronte parum impressa, thorace latitudine duplo breviore, lateribus 
rotundatis, ad basin subito incurvis, fortiter punctato in medio postice, et versus latera late et profunde exvava- 
to, gutta marginali flava seepe ornato, elytris cyaneo-nigris, punctis magnis seriatis, striis externis et ad apicem 
impressis, interstitiis angustis, uniseriatim punctulatis, a basi ad dodrantem subangustatis, dein magis attenuatis 
et fortiter serratis, apice conjunctim rotundatis, dorso deplanatis maculis parvis pluribus flavis ornatis; subtus cy- 
anescens, nitida, parce cinereo-pubescens. Long. -30—-44. 
Laporte et Gory, Mon. Buprest. 1, 6; tab. 2, fig. 7. 
Buprestis ornata Fabr. Ent. Syst.1, 2, 200: Syst. Hl. 2, 199. Herbst, Col. 9, 209, tab. 154, fig. 5: Say, 
Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 6, 159. 
From Massachusetts to Texas, not rare. For a more full list of references see La- 
porte & Gory, loc. cit. The front is sometimes slightly impressed, sometimes not at all 
so: the elytra are a little more rounded on the sides in the female than in the male. The 
last ventral segment is margined as usual, and the subapical carina is distinct, but more 
prominent in the male than in the female; the apex is also subtruncate in the former. 
The spots vary in number, but are always small and irregular. 
