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Var. decem-notata Say. Green above. tinged with cupreous, beneath 
bluish-green; head rugose, hairy; labrum three-toothed; thorax rugose, 
impressions deep; elytra dull green margined with bright green ‘or 
blue, four white dots. humeral, posthumeral, anteapical and apical 
and a suddenly bent middle band not dilated at tip. In some speci- 
mens the apical and anteapical spot are connected by a slender white 
line, so that the apical lunule is complete. In Leconte’s collection is 
a specimen without the humeral and posthumeral dots, from Cal., and 
another from Nebraska with the spots reduced in size and the middle 
band represented only by its ou.er part which is perpendicular to the 
side margin of the elytra. Occurs in Col., Cal., Nebr., and Mont. 
Length 13—14 mm. 
Var. limbalis Lec. Purple or cupreous, beneath blue; marginal spots 
often wanting. Occurs in New York. Length 14 mm. 
Var. /imbalis Klug. Cupreous, margins and beneath’ brilliantly green; 
humeral lunule, middle band and apical lunule complete. Occurs in 
New York, Ohio, Ky., Kans., Col. Length 13—14.5 mm. 
Var. spreta Lec. Black with markings complete. Occurs in Maine. 
Length 13 mm. 
Var. ameena. Cupreous, margin and beneath green; the four mar— 
ginal dots somewhat smaller, the middle band rises perpendicularly and 
is less bent than in “méats. Occurs in Northern Missouri. Length 
13—14 mm. 
Var. splendida Hentz. Head and thorax green or blue, elytra cupreous 
with a short middle band and an apical dot, beneath and margin 
green. ‘There is also a great variation in the markings; some speci- 
mens from Texas have no markings at all, some have only an apical 
dot, some only a fine spot at the middle of the margin and some 
have the four. marginal dots and the middle band. Occurs in N, Ve 
Tex., Nebr., Kans. N.C. Length 14—15 mm. 
Oliv. Ent. II, 33, p. 14, pl. 3, f. 34; Say, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. new series, 
I, 419. Lec. Ann. Lye. IY, 176. marginalis Fab. Syst. El. I, 240. Herbst. Kaefer, 
X. 175, pl. 171, f. 10. Dej. Spec. 1, 55; V, 210. Audubonii Lec. Bost. Journal, 
V, 207, pl. 18, fig. 7. graminea Schaupp, see page 80; cimarrona Lec. Trans, Am. 
Ent. Soe. II, 49. decem-notata Say, Journ. Ac. Phila. 1,19. Am. Ent. (Lec. 
Ed ) I, 34, pl. 18, fig. 1; var. limbalis Lec. Ann. Lye., IV, 177. limbalis Klug, 
Jahrb, 1. 29. spreta Lec. Ann. Lye. IV, 177, pl. 13, f. 7. amena Lec. Ann. Lye. 
IV, 177, pl. 13, f. 3. splendida Hentz, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, III, 254, pl. 2, 
f. 3. sexguttata var. Fab. Syst. El, I, 241. marginalis var. Dej. Spec, V, 210. 
