REVISION OF THE BUPRESTIDA OF TIE UNITED STATES. DT 
11. A. mixta, subcylindrica (mas vix cuneiformis, femina fere obesa) obscure zeuea, hirta, thorace latitudine 
duplo breviore, lateribus antice oblique rotundatis, postice parallelis, sat dense punctato, basi medio minus late fo- 
veato, punctoque utrinque versus latera impresso, macula laterali fulva; elytris striis punctatis, postice et extror- 
sum impressis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctatis; fasciis preecipue anticis plus minus confluentibus, guttis parvis 
nigris secpe solis relictis, postice serratis, conjunctim rotundatis ; subtus fortiter punctata, parce pubescens. Long. 
30— 50. 
Mas, elytris postice magis oblique attenuatis, abdominis segmento ventrali ultimo carinula subapicali transversa 
longiore. 
Femina, elytris postice macis rotundatim attenuatis, abdominis seemento yentrali ultimo carinula transversa brevi. 
Acmeodera variegata Lee. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 6, 67, (in part.) 
Texas, New Mexico, Kansas; Mr. Lindheimer, Capt. Pope, Mr. Xantus. The dif 
ferences between this and the preceding have been already pointed out: it only remains 
to add, that the markings of the elytra vary very much: normally they consist of four 
bands and an apical dot, the first surrounds the humeral bulla; these bands then become 
confluent on the margin, enclosing a few black marginal spots, and the first and second 
coalesce on the disc, including a large irregular spot: finally all the bands become con- 
fluent, so that the elytra are reddish yellow, with the suture green bronzed, the humeral 
bullz, and some small dots especially behind the middle alone remaining black. 
12. A. semivittata, subcuneiformis, minus elongata, eneo-nigra, nitida, hirta, fronte sulcata, thorace lati- 
tudine fere triplo breviore, antrorsum sensim angustato, lateribus oblique rotundatis flavo-marginatis, punctato, 
basi medio late triangulariter excavato, versus latera oblique profunde impresso, elytris vitta marginali alteraque 
utrinque discoidali, lineisque reticulatis posticis flavis, spatiis relictis violaceo-nigris, striis punctatis postice et ex- 
trorsum impressis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctulatis; a humeris vix attenuatis, postice autem oblique angustatis, 
serratis apice conjunctim rotundatis; subtus punctata, densius ad latera, paulo pubescens. Long. -34—-45. 
lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1858, 69. 
Eagle Pass, Texas, collected by Mr. A. Schott. Varies in the breadth but not in the 
general arrangement of the elytral markings. No sexual difference is obvious except that 
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the females are stouter and more cylindrical than the males; the last ventral segment has 
the usual short transverse subapical crest. 
13. A. retifera, subcylindrica, nigro-zenea, longius hirta, thorace latitudine triplo breviore, punctato, an- 
tice angustato, lateribus rotundatis, medio late canaliculato, versus angulos oblique profunde impresso, elytris ma- 
culis flavis varie connexis, vittam reticulatam fere ad apicem extensam utrinque formantibus, guttaque apicali 
parva ornatis, striis punctatis, extrorsum et postice impressis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctulatis, postice oblique 
rotundatis, serratis; subtus punctata, subtilius ad abdominis medium, parce pubescens. Long. 84. 
Lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1859, 72. 
Fort Tejon, California, one specimen, Mr. Xantus. The margin is yellow, interrupted 
by black spots, and more or less connected with the discoidal vitta. Last ventral seg- 
ment as usual. 
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