( 2 -’ ) 
many characifus. l"hat of the rectilinear fourth stria of the 
elytra, is an obvious one. 
li. B. semifasciatus, Greenish black; elytra each with 
four spots ; third interstitial space two punctured. 
Inhab. Mexico. 
Head metallic green ; two impressed lines between the 
antennae very distinct : dull piceons : labrum and 
jMlpi blackisli : thorax metallic green with a slight tinge of 
cupreous; dorsal line slender; lateral indentation of the 
base obvious, bounded near the angle by a carinate, abbre- 
viated line ; lateral edge with a hair rather before the mid- 
dle and another at the posterior angle, not arquati d from be- 
hind the middle to the basal angle : elytra blackish with a 
slight cupreous dnge, with well impressed punctured striae, 
distinct to the tip; interstitial lines depressed, plane: third 
line with a transverse indentation before the middle and a 
less distinct one behind the middle; a dull honey-yellow 
dot on the middle of the base, a semifascia before the mid- 
dle, another behind the middle, and an irregular apicial 
spot: beneath black: feet piceoiis. 
Length over three-twentieths of an inch. 
Resembles N. ustiilatus^ Eabr. and therefore probably is 
a Notaphus, Meg. 
12, B. oppositum, Say. Resembles the maculatum, 
Gyll. and probably belongs to Lopha. The sutural stria is 
impressed from the middle of the tip. It is somewhat bron- 
zed. 
13. B, ephijjpiatiim, Pale testaceous ; elytra with punc- 
tured striae ard a large common blackish spot. 
Inhab. Indiana. 
Body pale testaceous or honey yellow; antennce paler 
than the head, a little darker towards the tip: palpi colour 
of the antennae : thorax widest before the middle, gradually 
contracting by an almost rectilinear, but hardly perceptibly 
concave line, to the basal angle, which is rectangular; dor- 
sal line but slightly impressed, obsolete before; basal lines 
hardly distinct from the depressed basal margin, w hich is 
minutely wrinkled : elytra with impressed, punctured strise, 
obsolete at tip; seventh stria wanting ; third interstitialline 
with two small orbicular punctures, one before the middle 
and the other a little behind the middle ; a very large, com- 
mon blackish spot on the middle, within which the suture 
is reddish brown ; suture behind the spot blackish ; a 
