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densely punctured, with basal dot, an oblique humeral lunule hooked 
at tip, a slender long tortuose refracted confused middle band; apical 
lunule inflected on both ends, all the markings are connected by the 
white margin. Eyes and legs as in marginata, from which it only dif 
fers by the stronger mandibular tooth, and differently shaped elytral a- 
pex, as stated in the synopsis and on plate IV, b, Occurs on the salt- 
marshes in New York, Mass. and on the ocean-beach of S.C., N.C, © 
Ga., Fla. Length 13.5-14.8 mm. 
Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 226, Say Trans. Am. Philos Soc. new ser. I, p. 417, pl. 13. 
f. 6. variegata Dej. Spec. I, 84. 
Cuprascens Lec. Coppery or greenish bronze, shining, beneath green 
bronze, very hairy at the sides. Head and thorax hairy, labrum short 
one-toothed. Elytra more coarsely and densely punctured, with basal 
dot, white lobed margin, a humeral lunule suboblique hooked at tip, 
a middle band somewhat tortuous and little confused before tip, which 
is dilated, and an apical Junule inflected at both ends. It differs from 
the two following species by the characters given in the synoptic table 
page 83, viz. punctuation of the elytra, and the shape of the apex 
pl. IV, f. c. Occurs in Mo., Kans., Nebr., Dac. Length 13-14 mm. 
Lee. broe. Ac. Phila. 1852, p. 65. blanda var. Lec. Ann. Lyc. IV, 180.— 
Chaud. Bull. Mose. 1854, p. 172. 
Puritana Horn, Brown bronze, beneath metallic blue, smooth shining, 
scarcely pilose. Head and thorax sparsely pilose; labrum one-toothed; 
_ elytra parallel, moderately densely punctured, a median basal white 
dot, lateral margin narrowly bordered with white, with oblique sub- 
humeral branch suddenly hooked at tip, at middle a slightly sigmoid 
band. somewhat confused at middle. and scarcely dilated at tip, and 
an oblique short subapical lunule. It differs from the preceeding and 
following species as stated in the synoptic table, having the color and 
sculpture of #acra and the sexual characters very nearly of cuprascens. 
Occurs in New York, New Hampshire and Mass. Length 11.5 mm. 
Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, III, 325. 
Macra Lec. Brown bronze with faint greenish tint, beneath bronze or 
- greenish bronze, densely pubescent at the sides. Head and thorax 
pubescent; labrum one-toothed; elytra finely and more sparsely punct- 
ured: the markings are about the same as in cuprascvens, the tip of the 
middle fascia being also dilated into a broad triangular spot. It differs 
