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margin. The figure of C. Atabalipa resembles this species, but the description, like 
all others of the first portion of the work quoted, makes no mention of any distinguishing 
characters. I will, therefore, leave the question of synonymy to be determined by any 
person into whose hands the original type may have fallen. 
A—b, a. 
3. C. exesa, latiuscula, obscure eenea, dense punctata, thorace lateribus rectis, apice subito inflexis, antice paulo 
latiore, inzequali, spatiis elevatis leevibus, elytris costa Ima integra, reliquis omnino interruptis, transversim con- 
fluentibus, (ita ut fasciee tres irregulares subleeves efformantur, tresque opacee depressxe punctatze, Ima basalis, alterze 
sinuatee apparent, ) serratis singulatim rotundatis; subtus cupreo-zenea, prosterno sat dense abdomine rude punctato, 
segmento ventrali ultimo spatio laterali levi postice elevato instructo. Long. -36—-42. 
Mas latet. Femina segmento ventrali ultimo medio levi subcarinato, apice late truncato, et subemarginato. 
Lec. Froc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1858, 68. 
Arizona and Colorado River of California. The segments of the abdomen have smooth 
prominent lateral triangular spaces, which project behind. The tooth of that of the last 
segment is very obvious, as in C. octocola. 
4. C. femorata, depressa pracipue minus elongata, obscura zenescens, punctata, thorace antice paulo latiore, 
plus minusye canaliculato, elytris costis solitis interruptis, impressionibus utrinque duabus fasciformibus, anteri- 
ore flexa, posteriore sinuata, lateribus serratis, apice singulatim rotundatis, subtus cupreo-eenea, prosterno preecipue 
linea levi notato. Long. 382—-63. 
Buprestis femorata Faby. Syst. Hl. 2, 208. 
Mas capite seepe viridi, pygidio haud carinato, segmento ventrali ultimo emarginato, tibiis anticis et intermediis 
curyatis, intus plus minusve serrulatis. 
Femina pygidio carinato, segmento ventrali ultimo linea leevi antica basi latiore notato, apice sinuatim truncato, 
fere tridentato; tibiis intermediis fere rectis, anticis paulo curvatis. 
Gens #. Major, latior, maculis elytrorum fasciformibus distinctis; mas capite haud virescente, tibiis anticis den- 
ticulis 2 vel 8 prominulis. 
Chrysobothris Alabamx Gory, Mon. Buprest. 4, 185, tab. 32, f. 183. 
Gens Bp. Media, maculis elytrorum distinctis. 
a. Mas capite eeneo-obscuro, tibiis anticis dentibus 4—6 prominulis. 
b. Mas capite viridi, tibiis anticis intus serrulatis. 
Buprestis femorata Fab. 1. cit.; Oliv. Ins. 32, 47, tab. 4, f. 121; Herbst, Kifer, 9, 226, tab. 152, f. 4; Harris, 
New Engl. Farmer, 8, 2; Ins. Inj. to Veg. 44. 
Chrysobothris quadriimpressa Laporte & Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 48, tab. 8, f. 64. 
Chrysobothris dentipes { Laporte & Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 52, tab. 9, f. 70. 
Chrysobothris viridiceps Mels. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 2, 147. 
Chrysobothris rugosiceps Mels. ibid. 
Gens y. Minor, preecipue latior, maculis elytrorum distinctis, mas tibiis anticis intus serrulatis. 
From Canada to Texas and the Rocky Mountains; race G—2 is also found in Oregon 
and California. As is usual with species distributed over such a wide extent of country, 
