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REVISION OF TIIE BUFRESTIDiE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
posticc obtusa, basi profunde transvcrsim ituprcssa: scutellum parvum triangulare. Pedes baud retractiles, tibns 
angustis, tarsis tibiis duplo brevioribus articulis 1—4 subtus longe lobatis, 5to longiore tenui, unguiculis baud 
connatis, basi late obtuse dentatis. Abdomen segmentis 1 ct 2 sutura obsoleta, ultimo late rotundato. 
This genus is represented by a single species, the smallest Buprestide known to me. 
1. H. subeyaneus, cylindricus, niger nitidus, glaber, baud dense punctatus, capite canaliculate, tborace la- 
titudine paulo breviore, convcxo, lateribus valde rotundatis, elytris basi fortiter transvcrsim impressis, lateribus 
pone bumcros foveatis, tborace paulo aDgustioribus, Digro-cyancis, apice obtuse rotundatis. Long. 08—10. lab- 
XII., fig. 8. 
Middle, Southern and Western States; on leaves or flowers, captured in the sweeping 
net; rare. The body is punctured beneath, very much as on the upper surface, but the 
punctures of the anterior part of the abdomen are a little less impressed. The lateral im¬ 
pression of the elytra behind the humerus is small. 
APPENDIX. 
Melanopiiila Escli. 
10. M. prasina, latiuscula, supra cyaneo-viridis, dense rugose punctata, brevissime pubesceus, tborace latitu- 
dine breviore, antrorsum paulo angustato, lateribus late rotundatis, medio obsolete canaliculate, disco cyaneo, late¬ 
ribus late viridibus, elvtris apice subtilissime serrulatis; subtus cupreo-acnea, punctata, breviter cinereo-pubescens. 
Long. ’43. 
San Mateo, California; sent me by Andrew Murray, Esq., of Edinburgh. Of the same 
form as M. f u 1 v o g u 11 a t a, but finely pubescent like M. oe n e o 1 a. The fifth ventral 
segment is subtruncate, with the apical margin depressed. 
Acm/Eodera Esch. 
11 _12. A. Hepburnii, subcunciformis, obscure amea, liirta, tborace latitudine duplo breviore, lateribus 
oblique rotundatis, sat dense punctate, medio triangulariter, versus latera oblique profunde impresso, lateribus 
postice flavis; elytris striis punctatis, postice et extrorsum impressis, iuterstitiis uniseriatim punctulatis; margine 
ante medium, vitta a basi ad medium extensa, cum margine fascia lata connexa, fasciis duabus obliquis posticis, 
guttaque apicali flavis, postice serratis, coujunctim rotundatis; subtus fortiter punctata, modice pubescens. Long. 39. 
One specimen sent me with the others here described, by Mr. Murray. I have dedi¬ 
cated it to Mr. William Hepburn, of San Francisco, by whom it was collected. It has 
nearly the form of A. p u 1 ch e 11 a, but is quite distinct by the above characters. There 
are two small marginal black dots, the first at the junction of the anterior fascia with the 
margin, the other in the second fascia. 
Chrvsobothris Esch. 
5—6. C. scmisculpta, depressa, minus elongata, obscura, acnesccDS, capite antice minus dense punctato, 
cuprascente, tborace antice paulo latiore, lateribus rugose, medio parcius punctate, subcanaliculato, elytris costis 
solitis interruptis parcc punctatis, macula transversa antica, alteraque postica sinuata impressis, sat dense puueta- 
tis, serratis singulatim rotundatis; subtus cuprco-xnea, prosterno grossius punctate. Long. -44. 
