June i8,4.1 LeNO i^' BF.UTr.NMiil.I.KR. CoLEOPT. N. E. A.Ml K. 01 



Habitat, Mass., R. I., N. Y., Md. In tlic neighborhood of 

 N. Y. City at Jamaica, L. I., LakewoocI, N. J., in Westchester Co., 

 not common in June ami September; also Nantucket, Mass. 



var. modesta Dcj. — lllack wiih same markings. 



Jfalntat, N. Y., N.J., Pa., N. 111., Out., Tenn. In the neighbor- 

 hood of N. Y. City this variety is abundant but confined to 

 scattered localities, e.g. C.reenville, N. J., Marion, N.J. , Watchogue, 

 S. I., and Richmond Yalley, S I. It is double brooded, appearing 

 from April to June and again from .September to October in 

 sandy fields. 



var. Lecontei Ay. (Fig. 8) — I'.rown, humeral lunule sometimes 

 entire, sometimes connected with apical lunule. l,(Migth, u mm. = 

 .48 inch. 



Jlabital, 111., I Ian;ilton, Canada, also la. .Abumlant in sandy 

 openings in the woods. 



Other varieties of sciitcllaris ociur in the soutluiii stales but 

 are not reported further north than (ieorgia. 



C. sexguttata Fah. (Fig. 9) — Humeral angles distinct ; under- 

 side uniiolorous green ; above green with two to ten white dots ; 

 head bald, rugose behind; thorax slightly rugose; elytra strongly 

 puntlured. Length, 10 — 14mm. = .40 — .56 inch. 



JIabitat, N. E. Amer., abundant in the wood parts, often found 

 hiding under loose bark. Common in the neighborhood of N, Y. 

 City from April to August. 



var. patruela Ay'.(Fig. 10) — (Ireen with the same markings and 

 in addition a middle band, consisting of a large marginal dot and a 

 smaller discal dot, connected by a slightly oblicpie narrow line. 



/fabifaf, N. Y., Pa., Md. and Wise. In the neigid)orhootl of 

 \. \'. City it has been collected at Peekskill in wood paths from 

 June to September. 



var. consentanea D(y'. — Black with same markings as/>atr//{'/a. 

 //^iib/ta/, ^■.^'., Pa., Da Costa, N.J.,and in Nebraska, but is rare. 



C. purpurea 0//v. (Fig. u) — Humeral angles distinct ; under- 

 side unicolorous bluish green ; above reddish cupreous (except in 

 some varieties named below) with oblique sinuate middle band, 

 apical dot and sometimes anteapical dot white ; head rugose hairy : 

 thorax granulate rugose ; elytra moderately punctured. Length, 

 14 — 16 mm. = .56 — .64 inch. 



