776 



FAMILY XXXIX. — BUPRESTIDJE. 



Owen and Posey counties; scarce. April 29-June 15. One 

 specimen on the later date from flowers of Cornus. 



147S (4549). THBoscrs constrictor Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 1836 

 1S9 ; ibid. II, 629. 



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

 pubescent. Thorax nearly twice 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, striae punctate; intervals fiat, each with two rows of 

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



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

 ada to Georgia on flowers and leaves of May-apple and other low 

 herbs. 



*1479 (4553). Throscus chevrolati Bonv., Monog. Throscidse, 1859, 21. 



Oblong, convex. Reddish-brown, clothed with rather 

 coarse, yellowish pubescence. Clypeus with two distinct par- 

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

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

 are prolonged and indistinctly carmate ; 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 striae; intervals each with two rows of fine punc- 



^rllnaL) 11 tU1 ' eS ' LeU S tn 2 - 5 " 2 - 8 mm - (Fig. 293.) 



Throughout the State; frequent. January 21-No- 

 vember 18. Hibernates beneath rubbish. Readily known by its 

 obliquely impressed eyes and bicarinate front. 



Family XXXIX. BTJPBESTIDJE. 



The Metallic Wood-boring 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 inflexible, with usually a bronzed or metallic surface. 

 The antenna? are short, rather slender and finely but distinctly ser- 

 rate. Many of them resemble the click beetles in general form, but 

 have the thorax and abdomen firmly united, so that they have no 

 power of leaping. 



The Buprestiche are preeminently 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 



