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REVISION OF THE BUPRESTIDyE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
In the male the apex is truncate, with a submarginal transverse carina; in the female it 
is rounded, and the carina is less distinct. The spots are very variable; in ope specimen 
the anterior ones are small and not connected with a transverse band-like spot at the mid¬ 
dle: in others, there is a vitta from the base to the middle, enclosing several spots, and 
bending outwards to the margin at its extremity. The posterior bands are oblique, and 
do not attain the suture; a minute apical yellow dot is frequently seen. 
The wings of several specimens project when the elytra are closed, from which I am 
disposed to think, that this species flies after the manner of Cetonioo, with the elytra not 
expanded. 
5. A. acuta, cuneiformis, depressa, nigro-acnea, hirta, thorace latitudinc plus duplo breviore, lateribus ro- 
tundatis, ante basin vix latiore, grosse punctato medio triangulariter valde cxcavato, ad latcra oblique excavato, 
elytris tborace baud angustioribus, a basi sensim attenuatis, postice tnagis oblique attenuatis, ct serratis apice con- 
junctim rotundatis, punctis seriatis impressis, striis externis profundis, interstitiis planis rugulosis, uniscriatim 
punctulatis, maculis pluribus ante medium confluentibus, alterisque duabus pone medium, prima transversa, se- 
cunda longitudinali; subtus parce cincreo-pubescens. Long. -33. 
One specimen with the preceding, from Fort Tejon. Resembles the former in mark¬ 
ings, but the form is quite different, the thorax being not wider than the elytra, with the 
sides not inflexed behind; it is more coarsely punctured, and the disc is more excavated: 
the elytra are attenuated, and therefore more acute behind: the anterior spots have a 
tendency to become confluent, but the two which represent the posterior bands are differ¬ 
ent, one being a marginal transverse spot, and the other a subapical longitudinal one: 
there is, besides, an apical yellow dot, and a minute marginal one. The last ventral seg¬ 
ment is rounded, with a small subapical carina. 
I 
G. A. ornata, subcuneiformis, atra, hirta, fronte parum impressa, thorace latitudine duplo breviore, lateribus 
rotundatis, ad basin subito incurvis, fortiter punctato in medio postice, et versus latera late et profunde exeava- 
to, gutta marginali flava saepe ornato, elytris cyaneo-nigris, punetis magnis seriatis, striis externis et ad apicem 
impressis, interstitiis angustis, uniseriatim punctulatis, a basi ad dodrantem subaogustatis, dein magis attenuatis 
et fortiter serratis, apice conjunetim rotundatis, dorso deplanatis maculis parvis pluribus flavis ornatis; subtus cy- 
anescens, nitida, parce cinereo-pubescens. Long. -30—-44. 
Laporte et Gory, Mon. Buprest. 1, 6; tab. 2, fig. 7. 
Buprcstis ornata Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1, 2, 200: Syst. El. 2, 199. Ilerbst, Col. 9, 209, tab. 154, fig. 5: Say, 
Trans. Am. Phil. Soe. 6, 159. 
From Massachusetts to Texas, not rare. For a more full list of references see La¬ 
porte & Gory, loc. cit. The front is sometimes slightly impressed, sometimes not at all 
so: the elytra are a little more rounded on the sides in the female than in the male. The 
last ventral segment is margined as usual, and the subapical carina is distinct, but more 
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prominent in the male than in the female; the apex is also subtruncate in the former. 
The spots vary in number, but are always small and irregular. 
