792 



FAMILY XXXIX. BUPRESTIDJE. 



surface coarsely punctate, much more densely on sides. Elytra wider than 

 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 two 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 20-June 7. 



1505 (10,091). Cheysobotheis scitula Gory. Mon. Buprest.. Supp., 1S37. 



169. 



Rather elongate, convex. Dark cupreous or deep violet, elytra each 

 with three more brilliant blue or green spots; antemne piceous. the three 

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

 Clypeus with a small triangular notch at middle. Thorax 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 

 fovea?. Length 5.5-7 mm. 



Starke and Perry counties ; scarce. May 20-June 27. 



IX. Actexodes Lac. 1857. (Gr.. "without -a comb or crest.") 



Buprestids of small or medium size having the antenna? inserted 

 at the end of short grooves as in Chrysobotliris, but differing from 

 the latter genus by the small scuteiium. the equal first and second 

 joints of hind tarsi and the very narrow vertex between the eyes. 



1506 (4666). Actexodes acoexis Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 1S36, 



159; ibid. II, 592. 



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

 neath ; scuteiium green. Antennas short, the third joint as long as the next 

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

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

 transversely strigose. Elytra broader than thorax; surface without costre 

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

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



Lake. Marshall. Orange and Vigo counties ; frequent in Lake, 

 scarce elsewhere. Beaten from vegetation. June 2— June 28. 



Tribe II. JULODINI. 



Our species belonging to this tribe are convex and snbcylindrical 

 in form, narrowed behind and clothed witli suberect pubescence. 

 The front is not contracted by the insertion of antenna?; thorax 

 truncate behind and closely applied to the elytra ; mesosternum 

 deeply emarginate; first joint of hind tarsi elongate. The tribe is 

 represented by four genera, two of which occur in Indiana. 



