(January 1884. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. V1. 9d 
all dilated on the margin and the spots into which the lunules are di— 
vided are completely isolated. Occurs in New Mex. and Arizona. 
Length 12—13.5 mm. 
Var, duodecim-guttata Dej. Black, brown or bluish, beneath green or 
blue with cupr-ous pleurae; head aud thorax as in the above species; 
labrum one toothed; elytra granulate and punctured; humeral, post- 
humeral, anteapical and apical dots, all small, middle band thin not 
reaching the terminal (discal) dot. Varies considerably not only in 
the color as stated above, but also in the spots which are sometimes 
scarcely visible and nearly obsolete; the markings of the middle band 
are often small and imperfect, the sculpture also varies as in the black 
specimens, the punctures vanish and the elytra seem only sparsely gra- 
nulate. Occurs on paths through marshes near ponds and rivers in 
New ork, weaker sup;, Eludson Bayi len., | Can., Col; Utah, Call 
Length 12.6—15 mm, 
De}. Spee. I, 74; baltimorensis, Lec. Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. XI, 25; hirticol- 
lis Say. Journ. Ac. Phila. I, 20, Gould Boston Journal I, 49. oregona Lec. Trans. 
Am. Philos Soc. XI, 41. proteus Kirby. Fauna. Bor. Am. IV. 9.. guttifera Lec. 
Trans, Am. Philos. Soc. XI, 42. duodecimquttata Dej. Spec. I, 73. 
Pusilla Say. Brack Spaque, beneath dark biue or greenish: tibiz pale 
at base, in some specimens the trochanters are also testaceous, head 
granulate, labrum three-toothed; thorax at disc smooth, rough at the 
margin; elytra sparsely and finely punctured. with a basal and apical 
faint lunule and a middle band extended at the margin, recurved at 
the middle of the elytron and terminating near the suture behind, the 
band is often obsolete, or only detached portions of it are visible, 
the enlarged marginal part is permanent. Occurs on moist mud in 
Kans., Nebr, Dac., Hudson Bay Terr., Cal. Length 12 mm. 
Var. ferricola Say. Black above and beneath, tibiae dull testaceous. 
Head and thorax as in fpusz//a; labrum broad, three-toothed; elytra 
with scattered very minute punctures, which are oblique as if formed 
by a pointed instrument directed towards the anterior part of the in- 
sect, so that the surface before each puncture is a little elevated. Oc- 
curs in Nebr., Hudson Bay Verr. Length 11 mm. 
Var. eyanella Lec. Wark blue, sericeous, beneath blue; head striate 
both sides, labrum short, faintly three-toothed, thorax nearly longer 
than broad, hairy; elytra strongly punctured, with a humeral and an 
