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REVISION OF TI1E BUPRESTIDyE OF TI1E UNITED STATES. 
Bnpresiis scxsiynata Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 6, 15S. 
Chrysobolhris German Laporte & Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 50, tab. 9, f. 67. 
Chrysobothris ignipes Laporte & Gory, ibid., tab. 9, f. 68. 
From Massachusetts to the Rocky Mountains. Varies very much in size, and also in 
form, but the punctuation more coarse than usual, and the posterior elytral impression 
forming but a single fovea, extending internally only to the 2nd costa, will readily dis¬ 
tinguish it from all others found in the United States. The feet vary much in colour, 
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usually they are bright copper, sometimes, however, they are green. 
B—e, ex. 
22. C. anal is, longiuscula, supra viridi vcl purpureo-mnea, obscura, thorace lateribus rectis, punctato, valdc 
transvcrsim rugoso, elytris fortiter punctatis, costis fere obsoletis, ante medium oblique impresses, serratis, apicc 
singulatim rotuudatis; subtus nigro-amea, sterno fortiter punctato, segmento ventrali linea submarginali acute 
elevata, fortiter serrata. Long. *31. 
Mas segmento veutrali ultimo emarginato. 
Femina segmento ventrali ultimo truncato, augulis prominulis, linea transversa subapicali acute elevata. 
Matamoras; Dr. Berlandiere: a fine green variety was received by Mr. Ulke from. 
Texas. The serrate line of the last ventral segment is parallel with the margin and li¬ 
mits the usual subinarginal groove; in the female this line is connected with the one on 
the opposite side by a transverse acutely elevated subapical line. 
B—e, ( 3 . 
23. C. hyberuata, nigro-purpurea, vel atra, latiuscula, aequaliter fortiter punctata, thorace lateribus paral- 
lelis antice angulatis, elytris baud costatis, fovea basali, altera ad medium majorc, duabus pone medium trans- 
versim positis, maculaquc parva laterali ante medium laetc viridiaureis, fortius serratis, apice rotundatis; subtus 
nigro-senca, fortiter punctata, sterno densius punctato. Long. -28—30. 
Sexus differentia latet. 
Bupreslis hybernata Fabr. Syst. El. 2, 209. 
O/irysobothris viridipunctata Laporte & Gory, 2, 21, tab. 4, f. 31. 
? Chrysobothris hybernata Laporte & Gory, 2, 16, tab. 4, f. 24. 
Buprcstis chrysellus Illiger, Wicdcm. Arcbiv. 1, 2, 122 (fide Laporte.) 
Southern States. Six specimens are before me, all agreeing in having the last ventral 
segment truncate, with the angles prominent and acute. The gold of the basal fovea some¬ 
times extends along the base to the humerus. The descriptions belonging to the two quo¬ 
tations from Laporte and Gory do not appreciably differ; the figure last quoted wants the 
lateral golden spot in front of the middle of the elytra, and the elytra are not represented 
as black. 
24. C. conciunula, clongata, capitc thoraccque viridi-aencis, rugose punctatis, hoc latitudine vix breviore, 
lateribus fere rectis, elytris baud costatis, atrocyancis, baud dense fortiter punctatis, fovea basali, altcraquc ad me. 
