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and small oblong black spots, their ends prolonged and slightly spreading at the tips, 

 where they end abruptly as if broken off ; the length varies from 0.70 to 0.90; the middle 

 of the breast is furrowed, and the males have a conspicuous tooth on the inferior margin 

 of the middle tibiae. This is one of the commonest of the Buprestidse and may generally 

 be found upon old beech or cherry trees in June, July and August. I once found a speci- 

 men on a pine tree in September, but I think it was only there by chance, 



D. lurida^ Fabr, is a blackish copper above, and of a much brighter shade underneath ; 

 the thorax, especially in the smaller males, is impressed on each side behind the middle ; 

 the elytra which are narrowed behind, but very little prolonged, have two teeth at their 

 tips, the suiface is rather rough with numerous irregular impressed lines or punctures 

 and several narrow elevated black spots. The end of the abdomen in the female has 

 three teeth, the middle one acute. Length 0.60-0.80. The larva feeds upon the hickory. 



D. sp-eta. Lap. This is a rather rare, but very handsome species of about 0.65 in 

 length. On the front is an irregular elevated line formed by the presence of a smooth 

 concave callus in the middle and two smaller ones on each side ; the thorax is much 

 constricted behind the middle, with the surface very uneven at the sides ; the external 

 cost£e are irregular and interrupted, and the dorsal canal is deepest at the apex, the smooth 

 cosise limiting it are broad. The intermediate tibiae are straight in both sexes ; the un- 

 der surface is densely punctured at the sides and nearly smooth in the middle, except the 

 broad deep groove of the prosternum, which is coarsely punctured. The form is rather 

 broader than most of the others of this genus. The bidentate elytra are deeply and boldly 

 indented, the polished elevations having a reddish bronze tinge which is made conspicuous 

 by the ground colour of the indentations which is a soft greenish grey, sometimes almost 

 white in places, and gives the beetle the appearance of having been powdered and then 

 polished on the elevations. Except in shape, which is more robust, this insect bears a 

 close resemblance to D. asperata. 



PCECILONOTA. 



The species of this genus present all the essential characters of Dicerca, except that 

 the scutellum' is very transverse and truncate, with the posterior angles well marked. 

 Our species all have a smooth dorsal thoracic line, the antennal cavities are connected by 

 a slight ridge, and the prosternum is hairy, characters never seen in Dicerca 



P. cyanipes, Say. This is a most elegant species. One I have before me, taken by 

 Mr. Saunders, at London, Ontario, is 0.60 in length, of a greenish bronze hue above, and 

 the same colour burnished beneath ; the elytra are evenly striped, with indented lin- sand 

 thickly punctured, having their divergent ends drawn out into a tail, the colour of which 

 is carmine touched with deep blue, the legs are coppery, and the tarsi a beautiful blue, 

 which looks green in one light, and from which the species derives its name. 



Ancylochira 



This is an extensive genus containing some very beautiful species, and is very widely 

 distributed. Most of them are of a metallic lustre and have fulvous markings. 



^iV^t/^a^/^,Kirby,isoneof the handsomest of the bronze members of this genus. Thelength 

 varies from 0.65 to 0.75. The elytra are deeply grooved, with longitudinal ridges, having the 

 intervals distinctly punctured, and are marked with four unbroken bands of reddish-yel- 

 low, the outer ends of which converge so as to give the appearance of two broad circles 

 with a cross lying on each. The thorax is broadly rounded and margined with the same 

 yellow as marks the elytra. The prosternum has no marks ; this is one of the chief points 

 of difference between the present species and A. Consularis. The coxae and femora are 

 partly red, and the abdomen has a lateral spot on each segment. 



CiNYRA. 



This genus is represented in our fauna by a single species, of exceedingly rare occur 

 rence. 



C. gracilipes, Mels, is a small insect measuring 0.40-0.44, with a slender, rather 

 convex body, somewhat resembling an A^rilus. The head is punctured, with a smooth 



