REVISION OF THE BUl’KESTIDiE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
243 
Buprestis arcuata Say, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1 , 251. 
Aijrilus cupricoUis Gory, Mon. Bupr. 4, 240, tab. 41, f. 232. 
Southern States: differs from the rest by the impressed line not extending upon tlie 
front, by the coarser punctures of the thorax, by the deep transverse impression near the 
anterior margin, and by the obtusely carinate posterior angles. In one specimen there is 
a deep dorsal canal, which in the other is wanting. 
3. A. r u f i c o 11 i s, fronte canaliculata, capite posticc excavate, thoraceque cupreis, nonunquamnigro-violaceis, 
hoc rugose punctato, utrinquo oblique impresso, elytris atris; subtus nigro-senea. Long. -53 _ .30 
Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 6 , 161: Laporte and Gory, Mon. Bupr. 2, 60,tab. 13, f. 70. 
Buprestis ruficollis Fabr. Eut. Syst. 1, 2, 214: Syst. El. 2, 215. Oliv. Ins. 32, 78, tab. 9, f. 101 Ilerbst 
Col. 9, 249, tab. 155, f. 9. 
Middle, Southern, and Western States: the larva, as observed by Prof. S. S. Haldeman, 
lives in the interior of stalks of Rubus. 
A—b. 
4. A. torquatus, valde elongatus, acneus, capite canaliculate viridi, oceipite cuprco fortiter dense punctato, 
thorace medio purpuro, late canaliculate et biimpresso, lateribus cupreis subrectis oblique impressis, angulis pos- 
ticis longe carinatis, elytris nigro-olivaceis, lateribus rectis dense granulatis, costa discoidali parum distincta, apice 
serratis rotundatis. Long. -30. 
One specimen from Kentucky, Mr. J. Ph. Wild. Differs from A. arcuatus by the 
head less excavated, and the elytra more strongly granulate. The scutel is smooth, brassy, 
and not very strongly carinate: the elytra are narrowed regularly from the base nearly 
to the lip. The antennae are a little shorter than the head and thorax, green and strong 
ly serrate. 
5. A. fulgens, acneus, capite canaliculate viridi, oceipite oeneo fortiter dense punctate, thorace cupreo, la- 
tcribus late rotundatis, profunde oblique impressis, medio canaliculate, et biimpresso, angulis posticis longe cari- 
natis, elytris purpureis, lateribus sinuatis, fortius granulatis, apice serratis rotundatis. Long. -26. 
One specimen, Missouri, Mr. Schuster. Also differs from A. a rcuatus by the same 
characters as the preceding, from which it is at once known by its smaller size and differ¬ 
ent form: the oblique impressions of the thorax meet at the middle. 
A specimen from Illinois entirely of a golden color appears to be a variety of this 
species. 
6 . A. obliquus, acneus, capite modice punctato fore glabro canaliculate, thorace rugose punctato, dorso ca¬ 
naliculate, lateribus late rotundatis, profunde oblique impressis, augulis posticis longe carinatis, elytris obscuriori- 
bus, dense subtilius granulatis, apice serrulatis obtusius rotundatis. Long. -32. 
One specimen, Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior. Allied to the three following sjiecies, but 
vol. xi. — 32 
