19G 
REVISION OF THE BUPHESTlDvE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
A. —b. 
4. 1). p u g i o n a t a, mneo-cuprca, tborace latitudine paulo breviore, antrorsum a Iasi paulo angustato, lateribus 
paruiu rotundatis, rude punctato, profunde canaliculato, costisquc 4 sublaevibus notato, extends interruptis, sacpc 
obsoletis, elytris striis punctatis, versus suturam distinctis, interstitiis spatiislacvibus nigricantibus parum elevatis 
variegatis, ad apiceni valde prolougatis bideutatis. Long. *4o *->4. 
Buprestispugionata Germ. Ids. Nov., 5i ; (uec Laporte & Gory.) 
Pennsylvania, Maryland: Dr. Melsheimer, and Mr. J. P. Wild. A pretty little species, 
very distinct from all others by the characters above given. 1 he sternum and fiist vential 
segment are sulcate as in the others of group (A,) the last ventral segment in one speci¬ 
men is marked with two elevated lines more approximate than D. d i v a r i c a t a, but in two 
other specimens before me, I can scarcely perceive them. 1 he tip in the female is tiiden- 
tate, the middle tooth narrow, but rounded at the apex. The male is unknown to me. 
B.—c, a. 
5. I). m u t i c a, longiuscula, griseo-mnea, tborace latitudine sesqui breviore, ante medium fortius augustato, 
et lateribus siuuato, fortiter, ad latcra confluenter punctato, dorso canaliculato, elytris punctatis, striis internis dis¬ 
tinctis, interstitiis spatiis obscuris variegatis, internis nitidis parcc punctatis, postice oblique attenuatis, baud pro- 
longatis, rotundatim truncatis, prosterno convexo, parce puuctato, metasterno segmentoque veutrali primo sulca- 
tis. Long. -64. 
Mas segmento ultimo ventrali rcctangulariter inciso, dcnte emarginationis brevi lato rccte truncato, tibiis in- 
termediis rectis. Scxus altera latet. 
One specimen from Brooklyn, New York, given me by Mr. J. Akhurst. Differs remark¬ 
ably from all other species known to me; the sculpture of the elytra is exactly as in D. 
1 u r i d a. 
B. —c, fi. 
G. D. obscura, griseo-amea euprasccns, tborace latitudine sesqui breviore, a basi antrorsuin angustato, la¬ 
teribus late rotundatis, rude confluenter punctato, utrinque pone medium late impresso, costula obsoleta sub- 
Icevi notato, medio parce punctato, sulco dorsali subinterrupto, elytris punctatis, striis versus suturam et apiceni 
punctatis, interstitiis internis laevibus nigro variegatis, ad apicem sensiru attCDuatis bideutatis, parum prolongatis. 
Long. -60—-75. 
Mas tibiis iutermediis simplicibus, abdominis segmento ventrali ultimo tridentato, dente intennedio brevissimo 
lato truncato. 
Femina segmento ventrali ultimo tridentato, dente intennedio angusto acuto. 
Buprestis obscura Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1, 2. 190: Syst. El. 2, 190. Herbst, Kafer, 9, 96; tab. 143, f. 5. Gory 
& Lap. Mon. Bupr. 2, 103; tab. 2G, 141. 
? Buprestis pruinosa Gory, Mon. Bupr. 4, 190; tab. 19, 10G. 
Massachusetts to Florida. Readily distinguished from all others but the two next, by 
the freedom from any conspicuous elevations, and by the thorax being narrowed from the 
