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FAMILY XXXIX. BUPRESTIDiE. 



1484 (4579). Diceeca obscuea Fab., Ent. Syst., I, 1798, 190. 

 Resembles closely the next species. Distinguished by its duller color 



more depressed form, and by having the punctured impressed spaces of 

 elytra larger and more distinct. The thorax is feebly narrowed from base 

 to apex, not broadest at middle, as in luricla, and has a large oblique im- 

 pression on each side. Length 16-18 mm. 



Posey County; rare. November 9. One in Webster collection 

 labeled "Ind." j 



1485 (4579a). Diceeca lubida Fab., Joe cit. 



. Elongate-oval. Grayish-bronzed above, dull cu- 



V )Vf N Preous beneath. Thorax one-half wider than long; 



\ /'"'""'^ side mar g in s broadly rounded on apical two-thirds; 

 I J <* ' 1 surface rather evenly and coarsely punctured on the 

 -| J sides, the disk smoother. Elytra striate, the intervals 

 coarsely punctate; surface with a number of small, 

 densely punctate impressions; apices but little pro- 

 longed, the tips bidentate. Length 14-19 mm (Fi°- 

 296.) 



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Throughout the State; frequent. May 20- 

 V0 August 16. Occurs on hickory, in the wood of 

 ,/ \: W Which the larva3 live ; also ben eath stones. Listed 

 Fig. 296. (Aftfrackardin as a Variet ^ of pbscura, but probably a valid 



Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent, Comm. Species. 



I486 (4581). Diceeca speeta Gory, Mon. Buprest, IV, 1837, 108. 



Oblong-oval. Above brassy-bronzed, beneath cupreous. Front concave 

 with a transverse carina between the bases of antennae. Thorax one-half 

 wider than long, sides rounded in front, parallel on basal half; disk with 

 four elevated smooth lines, between which and on the sides are a number 

 of irregular and deep punctured impressions. Elytra with interrupted 

 coarsely punctured striae and with a number of small scattered, elevated 

 polished brown spaces ; tips short, bidentate. Apex of abdomen emarginate 

 in male ; tridentate in female. Length 17 mm. 



Crawford County; rare. September 9. Taken from trunk of 

 oak tree. 



1487 (4582). Diceeca aspeeata Lap. & Gory, Mon. Buprest, 1837, 105. 



Elongate-oval. Brassy-bronzed above, cupreous beneath. Front of 

 head concave, coarsely and rugosely punctate, without transverse carina. 

 Thorax one-half broader than long, sides rounded to near base ; disk with 

 two wide, smooth, flattened ridges separated by a narrow punctured me- 

 dian line, and also an irregular narrow, smooth ridge each side, the im- 

 pressions deeply and coarsely punctured. Elytra each with a number of 

 elongate smooth elevations, these more prominent near the suture ; the de- 

 pressions each side coarsely punctate; tips short, bidentate. Length 14- 

 16 mm. 



