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by Dejean from Cuba as auronota, but this was changed to 

 auronotata in their addenda (p. 6). LeConte (1859) described the 

 same species from a single specimen from Liberty County, Ga., under 

 the name hella. Gemminger and Harold (1869) have erroneously 

 placed this species as. a synonym of hellula Mannerheim, and some of 

 the later writers have followed them in this. Buprestis auriguttata 

 was listed by Sturm (1926) from Cayenne without description, but- 

 later (1843) he placed it as a synonym of auronota Castelnau and 

 Gory from Cuba. 



(2) Actenodes flexicaulis Schaeffer 

 (Fig. 110, B) 



Actenodes flewicaulis Schaeffer, 1904, N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 12 : 209 ; Leng, 1920, 

 Cat. Coleopt. North Amer., p. 183; Chamberlin, 1926, Cat. Buprestidae 

 North Amer., p. 44; Obenberger, 1934, in Junk (pub.), Coleopt. Cat., pt. 

 132, p. 662. 



Female. — Elongate, moderately depressed above, rather strongly shining, 

 purplish black, with a distinct bronzy-green tinge, and each elytron ornamented 

 with bright green as follows : A transverse basal fascia, a narrow, trans- 

 versely oblique, irregular, zigzag fascia at basal third extending from lateral 

 margin to sutural margin, and narrowly margined posteriorly with red ; a 

 slightly broader, transversely oblique fascia behind middle, extending from 

 lateral margin to first costa, and narrowly margined anteriorly with red; a 

 small, round spot along sutural margin at apical fourth, spot red in front, 

 and connected by a narrow, longitudinal, red line to postmedian fascia ; and 

 lateral margin narrowly margined with green along apical third. Beneath 

 bronzy or greenish black, with a purplish reflection in different lights, and 

 more strongly shining than above. 



Head uniformly dark olive green, slightly purplish, with a narrow, longi- 

 tudinal, sulcate carina on occiput, and an indistinct chevron on vertex ; front 

 moderately convex, slightly uneven ; surface glabrous, coarsely, irregularly, 

 confluently punctate, coarsely asperate behind clypeus ; clypeus truncate in 

 front, with a short, broad tooth at middle. Antenna bronzy green, with outer 

 segments purplish, nearly equal in width to apex ; intermediate segments com- 

 pact, wider than long, broadly rounded at outer margins, and each with a short, 

 erect hair ; third segment nearly as long as the following two segments united. 

 Eyes narrowly separated on occiput. 



Pronotum nearly twice as wide as long, slightly narrower at apex than at 

 base, widest along middle ; sides slightly, arcuately converging at base and 

 apex, nearly parallel at middle, posterior angles obtuse ; base transversely 

 sinuate, without a median lobe; disk broadly, transversely depressed behind 

 middle; surface densely, finely granulose, coarsely, irregularly punctate at 

 middle, confluently and more coarsely punctate at sides. 



Elytra at base wider than pronotum, widest just behind middle, nearly twice 

 as long as wide; sides slightly diverging to behind middle, then arcuately 

 converging to tips, which are separately acutely rounded ; basal depressions 

 broad, transverse, and rather deep ; surface glabrous, finely, densely granulose, 

 finely, rather densely scabrous. Each elytron with a broad, shallow depres- 

 sion in front of middle, and four slightly elevated, sinuate, longitudinal costae, 

 first extending from base to near apex, where it is joined to the third, second 

 extending from near base to apical fourth, third extending from near humeral 

 angle to apex, and fourth following outline of lateral margin. 



Abdomen beneath sparsely punctate, punctures elongate and very shallow, 

 sparsely clothed with short, inconspicuous hairs; basal sternites shallowly, 

 longitudinally concave; last visible sternite truncate at apex; eighth tergite 

 strongly, longitudinally carinate at middle, broadly rounded at apex. Pres- 

 ternum nearly glabrous, coarsely, densely punctate posteriorly, transversely 

 rugose anteriorly ; anterior margin truncate. Tibiae straight or slightly 

 sinuate, unarmed on inner margins. 



Length 10.25 mm., width 4.5 mm. 



