678 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
Antenna large and well developed, compared with those of Dicerca aud Chryso- 
bothris; S-jointed; the basal joint membranous, third joint nearly as long as the 
second, sod blnnt at tip. Labrnm rounded on the edge, fuller than in Dicerca. 
Maxilla large and well developed; maxillary lobe smaller in proportion to the base 
of the maxilla than in Dicerca or Chrysobothris. Palpus two-jointed; basal joint 
much Larger than the maxillary lobe (in Dicerca and Chrysobothris it is much 
smaller); second joint one-fourth as large as first, being proportionally much smaller 
than in the above mentioned genera. Labium much as in the said genera, being 
rounded in front. 
Total length of body, 41 mm ; length of prothorax. 5" im ; breadth, & mm ; length of 
the three thoracic segments together, S mm ; breadth of fourth abdominal segment, 4 mm . 
The hairs on the body are much coarser than in the other genera mentioned. 
This larva may be distinguished by the large head, the well-developed antenna, 
the large maxilla-, with the lower joint of maxillary palpus small ; by the very coarse 
and linear markings on the prothoracic disk above and beneath: by the absence of 
roughened areas or callosities on the meso- and metathoracic segments, and by the 
long, thick abdomen. 
The mesothoracic segment is shorter and the metathoracic is as long as in Dicerca. 
4. The lesser Chalcophoka. 
Chalcophora Uberta Germar. 
Very similar to the Virginian Buprestis, but always smaller sized, measuring from 
0.75 to 0.90 in length, with the second raised line of the wing-covers broader than the 
first or inner line, aud totally obliterated where it is crossed by the posterior impressed 
spot, its middle portion between the two impressed spots usually showing a few 
scattered punctures. (Fitch.) 
" This species is much more common in eastern Xew York than the 
Virginian Buprestis, the beetles appearing upon the leaves of pines 
throughout the summer and autumn. From a small grove of young 
pines only a few rods in extent upwards of a hundred specimens were 
taken the middle of last September, one or two being found upon 
almost every tree aud bush; whilst only four individuals of the pre- 
ceding and two of the following species were found in company with 
them. They had probably been bred in the numerous stumps of larger 
trees which had been cut down the year before by the side of this grove. 
They stationed themselves at the tips of the limbs, clinging to the leaves 
with their feet, with their heads inwards, their position, shape, and 
size giving them a close resemblance to the young aments or fruit 
cones which were growing from the same points on several of the limbs ; 
and they appeared to be eating the young buds, which are probably 
the food on which all these beetles subsist after arriving at their per- 
fect state." (Fitch.) This Buprestid is also found in Maine, but after 
several years' attempts we have not been able to clear up the habits of 
either species of Chalcophora, or to detect the Larvae. 
u Chalcophora Uberta very closely resembles the last species in its 
markings, and might readily be mistaken therefor by those not 
familiar with both. It is smaller, however, being only from three- 
quarters of an inch to au inch long and is somewhat different in color. 
It is generally of a bright coppery red, but varies greatly in this respect, 
