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Var. vibex Horn. Green shining, beneath bluish; head granulate rugose, 
hairy; labrum three-toothed: thorax short, granulate rugose, elytra 
punctured, granulate; humera] and apical lunules interrupted, the 
middle band not reaching the margin. Occurs in Or., Wash. Terr., 
Cal. Length r2—13 mm. 
Var. obliquata Kirby. Greenish, cupreous (or brown), beneath bluish 
green; labrum three toothed: elytra witha large white humeral lunule, 
extended at the lower end obliquly beyond the middle, middle band 
bent downwards, recurved at the end, and connected by a marginal line 
with the apical lunule, Kirby says in his description: Many taken in 
the Expedition, and apparently abundant in N. America etc. Mr. A. 
Murray from London sent to Dr. Leconte a drawing of which a wood- 
cut was published in Proc. Ac. Phila. 1866, p. 362, of which we bring a 
copy fig. 128. I have four specimens from Nebr. and Can. with much 
heavier markings than wz/garis and in each the middle band is poste- 
riorly prolongated at the margin, but none reaches the apical lunule. 
Length 13 mm. 
Say. ‘frans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1818, n.s. 1. 409, pl. 13, f. 1, Lec. Ann. Lye. IV, 
179. obliquata, Dej. Spec. L, 72. tranquebarica Herbst. Col. X, 178, pl. 171, f. 12, 
(wrong locality.) vibew, Horn. Proc. Ac. Phila. 1866. p. 395, obliquata, || Kirby. 
Faun. Bor. Am. IV, 10. 
Repanda Dej. Brown bronze with green hue, beneath green; head 
granulate, hairy; labrum short, one-toothed; thorax nearly square, 
granulate; elytra punctured, granulate, humerailunule C shaped, mid- 
dle band rectangularly bent, connected with a marginal line nearly but 
never entirely reaching the lunules, apical lunule inflected anteriorly. 
Occurs on roads, fields etc. in New York, Can., Pa., N, J., Mo., Ga., 
Md., D.C., Or, Ky. Length 12——13 mm. 
Var. oregona Lec. Brown bronze or dull olive green, beneath bluish; 
head and thorax as in repanda; elytra especially of © broader, 
lunules broad, interrupted, middle band not dilated at margin, bent at 
a right angle and then curved towards the suture, terminating in a 
round dot; the white dots are always large and conspicuous. Occurs 
in Cal., Or., Wash. Terr. Length 11—14 mm. 
Var. guttifera Lec. Brown bronze, beneath green bronze, with the 
pleurae cupreous, or the head and thorax green, elytra blue with the 
same markings, as oregona, a little broader, the middle band is not at 
