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the posterior inwards, respectively terminating at one of the ends oppo- 
site the centre of the other, Beneath bronze, densely clothed with 
white hair. The 9 has the thorax dilated posteriorly, and the elytra 
behind the humeri distinctly angulated. Legs very long. In some 
specimens the markings are less perfect or even wanting, then only 
the suture, head and thorax are green or bronze. Occurs on the open 
sandy seashore of Rockaway, Coney Island and Jersey. 
Length 14.5-15 mm. 
Say. Journ. Ac. Phil. 1817, I, 20; Trans. Am. Philos. Soe, I, 415, pl. 13, f. 5, 
signata De}. Spec. I, 24. 
Var. media Lec. Resembles dorsalis in every respect except in size, it is 
shorter and narrower, has the same markings and there are also varia- 
tions with immaculate white elytra. Occurs on the seashore of Ga., 
me. NaC), Flas iength 13-14 mum: 
Leconte ‘l'rans. Am. Philos. Soe. 1856, XI, 47. 
Var. Sau/eyi Guerin. Also of but smaller size, with the markings heav- 
ier. Also white variations found with only the suture of the elytra 
bronzed. Found on the seashore of the Gulf of Mexico, (Tex. La. 
Fla.) Length 9.4-11 mm. 
Guerin Rey. Zool. 1840, p. 37, venusta Laf. Rey. Zool. 1841, p. 37 and 96. 
Hamata Brulle. Brown or dark green bronze, beneath green bronze, 
very hairy at the sides. Head and thorax hairy, mentum one-toothed; 
tight mandible of male with a feeble tooth beneath, elytra broad, den- 
sely punctured, the markings are a basal dot oblique, bumeral lunule, 
middle band refracted with descending part confused, the apical lunule 
is lost in the white margin which connects the middle band with both 
lunules, but is slightly dilated at the suture and at the anterior ex- 
tremity; eyes large prominent, legs very long and slender; hind tro- 
chanters red, as in all the species of this group. The sexual difference 
consist beside in the mandibular tooth of the male, in the shape of the 
elytral apex, as stated in the synoptic table (see pl. IV, f- a.) Occurs 
on the seacoast of La. Fla. Miss, Tex. Length 11-12 mm. 
Brulle, Arch Mus. I, 132. pl. 8. f. 9. lacerata Chaud. Bull. Mose. 1854. 1, 115. 
Marginata Fab. Olivaceous or brownish bronze, beneath green 
bronze, very hairy at the sides. Head and thorax hairy, labrum one- 
toothed; right mandible of ¢‘ with a moderated tooth beneath; elytra 
