I30 BROOKLYN MUSEUM SCIENCE BULLETIN 3. 3. 
Alabama: Spring Hill, March (Loding). 
The var. lodingi is very distinct from typical flavipes in its narrower, 
more elongate and less convex form, longer antennal joints, very dense 
rugose sculpture of prothorax obscuring the distinctness of the lateral 
tubercles and median line, elytral intervals rather densely and finely 
punctate; the dense sculpture of the prothorax and elytra gives them a 
rather dull aspect. However, the var. shoeniakeri bridges over some of 
these differences. 
From the species with strongly clavate hind femora armed below 
with a large triangular tooth flavipes will be known by its rufous or bi- 
colored hind femora and deep and rather wide median groove of pro- 
thorax. Typical flavipes with rufous antennae and legs are distinguished 
from sulcicollis which always have reddish antennae and legs by being 
more elongate in form, lateral tubercle of prothorax convex, punctate, 
not smooth, the rather wide median line of prothorax, the posterior 
femora distinctly narrower at base than apex and the second hind tarsal 
joint not transverse but as long as wide at apex (plate V, fig. 5). The 
varieties could be confused with Julvipes, which also has generally a 
relatively large tooth, and remarks concerning the differences will be 
found under that species. 
DoNACiA NiTiDA Germar. 
Elongate; color metallic green, golden-green or bronze; elytra 
concolorous or sutural apical and lateral intervals green or golden-green 
changing on the next interval to reddish-cupreous and then on three or 
four discal intervals to a dull, metallic green; antennae black, with a 
more or less distinct metallic tint, joints more or less distinctly red at 
base, tarsi narrowly red at base. 
Head slightly prolonged, squarely truncate and rather deeply 
constricted behind the eyes; eyes small, but rather prominent; median 
line deep; above the antennal tubercles a rather vague, transverse im- 
pression, which gives the posterior part a faint tubercle-like appearance; 
surface shining, scarcely pubescent; punctures dense, moderate; an- 
tennae extending to or nearly to the middle of elytra, second and third 
joints short, the latter slightly longer than the second but scarcely as 
long as the first joint. 
Prothorax about as wide at apical margin as long; anterior angles 
distinct, not prominent; posterior angles distinct but not prominent; 
lateral tubercles rather large, convex, reaching nearly to the middle, 
feebly punctate and distinctly separated from the disk by a deep, rather 
