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margin. Ihe figure of C. Atabalipa resembles this species, but the description, like 
all othcis of the first portion of the work quoted, makes no mention of any distinguishing 
characters. I will, therefore, leave the question of synonymy to be determined by any 
person into whose hands the original type may have fallen. 
A—b, a. 
3. C. e x e s a, latiuscula, obscure acnea, deusc punctata, thoracc lateribus rectis, apice subito inflexis, antice paulo 
latiorc, inacquali, spatiis elevatis laevibus, elytris costa lina Integra, reliquis omnino interrupts, transversim con- 
flueutibus, (ita ut fasciae tres irregulares sublaevcs ctForraantur, tresque opacae depress® punctate, lma basalis, alter® 
sinuatae apparent,) serratis singulatim rotundatis; subtus cupreo-oenea, prosterno sat dense abdomine rude punctato, 
segmento veutrali ultimo spatio latcrali laevi postice clevato instructo. Long. -30_-42. 
Mas latet. Femina segmento ventrah ultimo medio laevi subearinato, apice late truncato, et subemarginato. 
Lee. I’roc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1858, 68. 
Arizona and Colorado River of California. The segments of the abdomen have smooth 
prominent lateral triangular spaces, which project behind. The tooth of that of the last 
segment is very obvious, as in C. o c t o c o 1 a. 
4. C. femorata, depressa praecipue minus clongata, obscura mnescens, punctata, thorace antice paulo latiore, 
plus miuusve canaliculato, elytris costis solitis iuterruptis, impressiouibus utrinque duabus fasciformibus, anteri- 
ore flexa, posteriorc siuuata, lateribus serratis, apice singulatim rotundatis, subtus cuprco-mnea, prosterno prmcipue 
linea laevi notato. Long. -32—-63. 
Buprestis femorata Fabr. Syst. El. 2, 208. 
Mas capitc saepe vindi, pygidio baud carinato, segmento vc-ntrali ultimo emarginato, tibiis anticis et intermediis 
curvatis, intus plus minusve serrulatis. 
Femina pygidio carinato, segmento ventrali ultimo linea laevi antica basi latiore notato, apice sinuatim truncato, 
fere tridentato; tibiis intermediis fere rectis, anticis paulo curvatis. 
Gens «. Major, latior, maculis elytrorum fasciformibus distinctis; mas capite baud viresccnte, tibiis anticis den- 
ticulis 2 vel 3 promiuulis. 
Chiysolothris Alabamve Gory, Mon. Buprest. 4, 185, tab. 32, f. 183. 
Gens /3. Media, maculis elytrorum distinctis. 
a. Mas capite mneo-obscuro, tibiis anticis dentibus 4—6 promiuulis. 
h. Mas capite viridi, tibiis anticis intus serrulatis. 
Buprestis femorata Fabr. 1. cit.; Oliv. Ins. 32, 47, tab. 4, f. 121; Ilerbst, Kdfer, 9, 226, tab. 152, f. 4; Harris, 
New Engl. Farmer, 8, 2; Ins. Inj. to Yeg. 44. 
Chrysolothris quadriimpressa Laporte & Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 48, tab. 8, f. 64. 
Chrysolothris dentipcs } Laporte & Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 52, tab. 9, f. 70. 
Chrysolothris viridiccps Mels. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Fbilad. 2, 147. 
Chrysolothris rugosiceps Mels. ibid. 
Gens y. Minor, praecipue latior, maculis elytrorum distinctis, mas tibiis anticis intus serrulatis. 
hrom Canada to Texas and the Rocky Mountains; race (3—b is also found in Oregon 
and California. As is usual with species distributed over such a wide extent of country, 
