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Some. specimens have traces of very faint lines, between the marginal 
and discal dots, nearly uniting them and thus forming a middle band. 
Var. violacea Fab. Blue or green immaculate. Occurs in Kansas. 
Var patrue/a Dej. Green, more opaque, beneath green shining; elytra 
with a humeral, posthumeral, anteapical and apical dot and a middle 
band, consisting of a large lateral triangular spot connected with a 
small discoidal one, by a slightly oblique narrow line. Occurs in 
Wisc., Pa., Md., in shady paths on hills. Length 13—14.5 mm. 
Var. consentanea Dej. Black above and beneath with the same mark- 
ings as in patruela.. Occurs in Pa., Nebr. 
Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 226. Say, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., new ser. 1818, I, 414, 
pl. 13, f. 4. Dej. Spee. I, 53. Lee. Ann. Lye. IV, 176. violacea Fab. Syst. El. 
I. 232. patruela Dej, Spec. I. 62. Lec. Ann. Lye. IV, 178. consentanea, Dej. 
Spec. I, 63. 
Purpurea Oliv. Our most variable species in coloring and markings. 
Reddish cupreous, margin green brilliant, beneath bluish green; head 
hairy, rugose; thorax granulate, rugose, short; elytra moderately punct- 
ured, punctures elevated, suture and exterior sub-margin green, the 
markings consist of an oblique scarcely sinuate middle band, not ex- 
tending to the margin and an apical dot. In pastures on grassy roads, 
early in spring. Occursin N. Y., Nebr., Kans., Mont., and Wisc. 
Length 14—16 mm. 
Var. Audubon Lec. Black with dark blue margin, beneath dark blue; 
elytra with the same markings as purpurea. Occurs in Kans. in spring 
on the open clayey bottoms of ravines and hollows near the chalk 
washes; not usually intermingled with the next variety (Williston 
seiieAcady se Vi, 32.) Wenethina==1'5. mm. 
Var. graminea Schaupp. Green with cupreous tinge on the thorax and 
the margin of the elytra, and the same markings as the above. Occurs 
Kans... Cail: 
Var. eimarrona Lec. Black or green, opaque, beneath dark green shin- 
ing; head rugose, hairy; labrum three-toothed; thorax densly rugose 
at both sides, transverse impressions deep; elytra twice broader than 
the thorax, granulate punctate, a submarginal stripe dilated behind 
the humeri and before the apex, a middle band oblique sometimes 
slightly curved or obtusely angulated. In some specimens the margi- 
nal stripe is interrupted before and behind the middle band, some 
specimens have also on the thorax a cupreous tinge. Occurs in Col. 
and New Mex. Length 14—15 mm. 
