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base: from the next, it differs by the sides being broadly rounded. Body beneath coppery, 
coarsely punctured, on the sides and abdomen, shining and sparsely punctured on the 
middle of the breast, and first ventral segment. The elytra towards the suture are po¬ 
lished, with the intervals smooth. 
7. D. baltimorcnsis, griseo-acnca, thorace latitudine baud breviore, a basi antrorsum angustato Iateribus 
omniDo rectis, rude confluenter punctato, vitta utriuque obsoleta sublmvi, medio parce punctato, sulco dorsali mc- 
diocri, elytris punctatis, striis versus suturam et apicem punctatis, iuterstitiis (iuternis lajvibus) nigro-variegatis, 
ad apicem sensim atteuuatis paulo prolougatis, bideutatis. Long. -60. 
Mas sicut in priore; femina ignota. 
Buprestis laltimorensis Herbst, Kafer, 9, 99; tab. 148, fig. 7. 
One specimen, New York. Narrower than D. o b s c u r a, with a somewhat longer tail, 
but differing more conspicuously by the entirely straight sides of the thorax and the some¬ 
what deeper and more punctured dorsal channel. It may, however, be a matter of doubt 
if it eventually ranks as a distinct species. 
8. D. soror, griseo aenea, thorace latitudine breviore antice angustato, Iateribus late rotundatis, rude punctato 
confluenter ad latera, parcius ad medium, vitta obsoleta utrinque sublaovi, sulco dorsali densius punctato, baud pro- 
fundo, elytris rugose punctatis, striis versus suturam et apicem fortius punctatis, iuterstitiis (iuternis parce punc¬ 
tatis) nigro-variegatis, ad apicem sensim attenuatis, haud prolongatis, bideutatis. Long. -60. 
One female, Pennsylvania. Also related to D. obscura, but with the apex of the elytra 
not prolonged, but only gradually narrowed, the strirn toward the suture more strongly 
punctured, the elevated spaces less regular, being rather the portions left between conflu¬ 
ent punctures than oblong spaces: by the thorax being more equably punctured, with the 
dorsal channel stronger and more punctured, with the sides scarcely converging from, the 
base to the middle; and finally by the sides of the abdomen being more densely punctured. 
9. D. lurid a, griseo-aenea, pruinosa, thorace latitudine paulo breviore, ante medium angustato, Iateribus ro¬ 
tundatis, postice subsinuatis, Iateribus confluenter, medio discrete punctato, vix obsolete canaliculate, ante scutellum 
foveato, elytris punctatis striis versum suturam distinctis, interstitiis spatiis obscuris variegatis, iuternis nitidis parce 
punctatis, postice oblique attenuatis baud prolongatis, bideutatis. Long. -58—-78. 
Mas segmento ventrali ultimo truncato-emarginato; tibiis intermediis intus obtus angulatis. Femina ano tri- 
dentato, dente intermedio acuto. 
Buprestis lurid a Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1, 2, 190; Syst. El. 2, 190. Oliv. Ins. 32, 20, tab. 8, fig. 83. Herbst, 
Kafer, 9, 95, tab. 143, fig. 4. Lap. and Gory, 2, 105, tab. 27, fig. 144. 
Diccrca indistincta Mels. Proc. Acad. 2, 143. 
Common in the Middle, Southern and Western States. Nothing need be added to the 
diagnosis above given, as the species is well known and readily distinguished. The thorax 
especially of the smaller males is obliquely and broadly impressed each side behind the 
middle. According to Dr. Harris, the larva lives in hickory wood. (Ins. Inj. to veg. 43.) 
