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FAMILY XXXIX. BUPRESTIDJE. 



1525 (4748). Ageilus putillus Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, VI, 



163 ; ibid. II, 597. 



Elongate-oblong, slender. Dark olivaceous bronze, moderately shining. 

 Antennae scarcely reaching the middle of thorax. Occiput with a feebly im- 

 pressed line. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides regularly curved, 

 hind angles rectangular ; disk with a feeble linear median impression, lat- 

 eral depressions deep along the sides ; surface transversely strigose. punc- 

 tured near apex. Elytra very little sinuate at middle, tips rounded, serru- 

 late; disk slightly depressed at middle, basal foveas feeble; a shallow groove 

 between the suture and a vague costa on each ; surface covered with scales, 

 but not closely. Prosternal lobe truncate or slightly emarginate. Length 

 3-4 mm. 



Kosciusko County; rare. June 3. Our smallest species. De- 

 scribed from Posey County. 



1526 (4730). Ageills lecontei Saunders, Cat. Buprest., 1871, 117. 

 Elongate, rather robust. Dull olivaceous bronze, sometimes slightly 



brassy; elytra with a space on each basal depression, an indistinct, broad 

 curved band at middle and another on apical third, whitish pubescent. 

 Thorax a little wider than long, sides feebly curved; disk with a deep me- 

 dian depression composed of two foveas united by a groove, the lateral 

 oblique depressions moderately deep ; surface coarsely punctate. Elytra 

 slightly broadened behind the middle, tips together rounded, serrulate ; disk 

 slightly depressed at middle with a vague costa each side; surface sub- 

 granulate. Tarsal claws cleft at middle, forming a broad tooth. Length 

 4.5-5.5 mm. (Fig. 311, p.) 



Lake, Vermillion, Marion and Knox counties; scarce. May 17- 



July 10. 



A. lacv.stris Lee, dark bronze, green or blue, length 4-7.5 mm., is 

 known from Illinois, westward. 



1527 (4737). Ageilus addendus Crotch, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 1S73, 95. 

 Moderately robust. Dull coppery or olivaceous bronze, subopaque ; each 



elytron with three pubescent spots, as in faMatn, these sometimes very faint. 

 Antenme reaching the middle of thorax. Head from above concave, a rather 

 deep impression from the occiput to clypeus. Thorax a little wider than 

 long, sides feebly curved and slightly sinuate in front of hind angles ; disk 

 with a faint median and a moderately distinct lateral impression each side, 

 closely transversely strigose. Elytra but slightly broadened behind the mid- 

 dle, the tips rounded, feebly serrulate ; disk slightly flattened and with a 

 vague channel each side of suture. Length 5-6 mm. 



Posey and Perry counties; scarce. April 21-May 31. Taken 

 from peach trees in blossom and by sweeping herbage. A south- 

 western form, described from Texas. 



1528 (4746). Ageilus egenus Gory, Mon. Buprest., IV, 1837, 258. 

 Moderately elongate, rather slender. Olive bronze, sometimes greenish. 



Antennae reaching middle of thorax, the third joint shorter than fourth. 



