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Lc Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pliila., 1858, G9. 
One specimen, El Paso, Rio Grande, Mr. Clark. Differs from all the following species 
of this division by the more strongly margined sides of the thorax. The spaces between 
the rows of punctures of the elytra are unusually narrow; the spots are a marginal elon¬ 
gate one near the humerus, another larger marginal about the middle, which includes a 
black spot; a basal dot on the 3d interval, two spots before the middle extending from the 
second and the fifth stria; then two smaller ones, the position of which is nearer the 
suture; finally, two transverse oblique one, reaching the margin, and a subapical dot. 
The last ventral segment has barely a trace of the subapical carina, but the marginal groove 
is deep. 
3. A. haem orrlioa, cuneiformis, elongata, nigro-wnea, pills nigris ercctis hispida, fronte concava, cinereo- 
pilosa, thorace latitudine plus duplo brcviorc, lateribus rotundatis, ante basin paulo latiore, fortiter punctato, medio 
triangulariter valdc excavato, et canaliculato utrinque oblique profunde excavato, gutta marginali flava ornato; 
elytris punctis magnis seriatis, striis externis et ad apicern impressis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctulatis, a basi 
sensim angustatis, dorso deplanatis, postice valde serratis, conjunetim rotundatis, violaceo-nigris maculis parvis con- 
lluentibus flavis variegatis, marginc apicali late miuio; subtus nigro-aenea parce cinereo-pubcscens. Long. -40—45. 
Tab. XII., fig. 4. 
Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pliila., 1858, 69. 
Texas and Northern Mexico, Mr. Schott. This species has nearly the same outline as 
the preceding; the elytra of the female are less regularly attenuated, and are more rounded 
on the sides. The last ventral segment has a transverse prominent carina, or rather a short 
plate near the apex, and shallow marginal groove. 
There is nothing in either the figure or description of A. stellaris as given by Gory, 
Mon. Buprest. 4, 28, tab. 5, f. 25, which would forbid the reference of the present species 
to it, except that the scarlet apical margin of the elytra is not mentioned. This is pro¬ 
bably an inconstant character, but the more full descriptions of Chevrolat and Spinola, 
show that A. stellaris is very different from the species now under consideration, and 
probably belongs to group D. 
4. A. connexa, cuneiformis, depressa, nigro-ocnea, birta, thorace latitudine triplo breviore, lateribus rotun¬ 
datis postice subito incurvis, ad basin elytris latiore, rude punctato, medio triangulariter late excavato postice utrinque 
oblique foveato; elytris punctis quadratis profundis, striis postice et extrorsum magis impressis, interstitiis uni¬ 
seriatim punctulatis; a basi sensim, postice magis angustatis et fortiter serratis, apice conjunetim rotundatis, ma¬ 
culis pluribus ante medium varie couflucntibus, pone medium fasciis duabus flavis oruatis; subtus parce cinereo- 
pubescens. Long. -35—-47. 
Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1859, 72. 
Fort Tejon, California: John Xantus, Esq. More depressed than our other species, and 
readily distinguished by the characters above given. In addition, it may be observed, 
that the front is not concave, and the last ventral segment is broadly margined as usual. 
