792 FAMILY XXXIX. BUPKESTIDJO. 



surface coarsely iiunctate, mucli more densely on sides. Elytra wider tliaii 

 thorax, gradually wider to apical third, thence narrowing to apex, margins 

 serrate ; surface sparsely punctate and with a faint trace of first costa and 

 a basal and tAVO discal impressions, one in front of middle, the other one- 

 third from apex, these often bright blue or green. Prosternum very faintly 

 lobed in front. Length 6-8 mm. 



Lake and Posey counties; scarce. May 2(VJnni' 7. 



1505 (10,091). Chktsobothkis scitula Gory, Mon. Buprest., Supp., ls:!T, 

 109. 



Rather elongate, convex. Dark cupreous or deep violet, el.vtra eacli 

 with three more brilliant blue or green spots; antenna- piceous, the three 

 basal joints greenish or cupreous, third .loint as long as the next three. 

 (-Uypeus with a small triangular notch at middle. Tliorax with sides 

 straight, rounded near front angles; disk without depressions, coarsely 

 punctate and finely transversely strigose. Elytra wider than thorax, coarsely, 

 deeply, not densely punctate, the colored spots in the position of the usual 

 foveas. Length 5.5-7 mm. 



Starke and Perry counties; scarce. .^Fay 20-.June 27. 



IX. AcTENODES Lac. 1857. (Gr., " without + a comb or crest.") 



Buprestids ol' small or medium size having the antennas inserted 

 at the end of short grooves as in Chryso'boihrix, but differing from 

 the latter Keinis by the small scuteilum, the equal first and second 

 jpints of hind tarsi and Lhe very narrow vertex between the eyes. 



150G (46C6). AcTENODES acornis Say, Trans. Amer. Thil. Soc, VI, 183G, 

 159; ibid. II, 592. 

 Broadly oblong, subdepressed. Brassy black above, dull cupreous be- 

 neath ; scuteilum green. Antennje short, the third joint as long as the next 

 three; clypeus ahnost truncate. Thorax twice as broad as long, with a 

 transversely sub-basal impression ; surface densely and coarsely punctured, 

 transversel.y strigose. Elytra broader than thorax ; surface without costa- 

 or distinct impressions but densely and roughly transversely wrinkled ; mar- 

 gins serrate from near the humerus. Length 10-13 mm. 



Lake, Jlarshall, Oraiis'e and Vigo counties ; frequent in Lal?e, 

 scarce elsewliere. Beaten from vegetation, -lune 2-June 2S. 



Tribe II. JULODIXI. 



Our species lielongiiiii' to this tribe ai-e convex and subeyliiulrical 

 in form, narrowed behind and clothed with subei'ect pul)escence. 

 The front is not conlraeted l)y the iiwei'tion of antenna?; thorax 

 trunc'ate l)ehind and ch)sel\- applied to the elytra; niesosternuin 

 deeply emari;inate; first joint oP hind tarsi elongate. The tribe is 

 represented by four s^vnera, two of wliich wnw in Indiana. 



