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FAMILY XXXIX. — BaPRESTIDvS;. 



Owen and Pofsey counties: scarce. April 29-June 15. One 

 specimen on the latei' date from flowers of Conius. 



147S (4549). Throscus constkictor S:>y, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 183G, 

 ' 189 ; ibid. II, 629. 

 Oblong, convex. Reddish-brown to piceous, moderately shining, sparsely 

 pubescent. Thorax nearly t\^•lce as wide as long, rather strongly narrowed 

 in front, sides feebly curved ; surface coarsely and rather closely punctate, 

 and strongly depressed each side on basal third. Elytra not wider than 

 thorax, finely striate, striie punctate; intervals flat, each with two rows of 

 sparse, rather flue punctures. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Marion and Perry counties ; rare. June 12. Occurs from Can- 

 ada to Georgia on flowers and leaves of I\[ay-apple and other low 

 herbs. 



Throscus ohevrolati Bonv., Monog. Throscidre, 1859, 21. 



Oblong, convex. Reddish-brown, clothed with rather 

 cnnrse, yellowish pubescence. Clypeus with two distinct par- 

 allel cariiKc. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, much 

 narrowed in front, widest in front of hind angles, which 

 are prolonged and indistinctly carinate; surface rather finely 

 and sparsely punctate, the basal region not depressed. Ely- 

 tra slightly narrower than thorax, somewhat narrower be- 

 hind the middle; surface with distinctly impressed and 

 punctate strias; intervals each with two rows of fine punc- 

 tures. Length 2.r>-2.S mm. (Fig. 293.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. January 21-No- 

 vember 18. Hibernates beneath i'ubbi>--'h. Readily known by its 

 obliquely iiiijiressed eyes and biearinate front. 



*U7!) (45.-13). 



Fig. 293. X 11 

 (Original.) 



Family XXXIX. IBUPRESTID.E. 



The Metallic Wutia-BOkiNo Beetles. 



A family of moderate extent, comprising beetles which vary 

 much in shape and size. The larger ones are usually oblong ellip- 

 tical and somewhat flattened, while many of the smaller species are 

 either elongate and subcylindrical or short and ovate. Their bodies 

 are hard and inflexil)le, with usually a bronzed ;;]■ ii;e':nllic siu'i'ace. 

 The antenna' are sliort, rather slender and finely but distinctly ser- 

 rate. Many of Ihem resemble the click I.eetles in general form, but 

 ha\'e the thora.x and abdomen firmly united, so that they have no 

 power of leaping. 



The Buprestidie are preeminenlly a tropical family, and in the 

 torrid regions reach a large size and reflect the light from their 

 polished bodies with an almost dazzling brilliancy. The adults of 



