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Thorax entirely green. 
Oval, green. Elytra pale with a broad, three or four times rami¬ 
fied sutural vitta; a larger curvate humeral and many 
smaller spots, one of which is placed close to lateral margin 
at middle. (East to Neb. and Tex.) 
C. scalaris Leconte. 
Like preceding but elytral markings narrow and subsutural stripe 
free. (Eastern States to Neb.) . ,C. philadelphica Linne. 
Markings broader,especially the humeral stripe, .var. spireae Say. 
Thorax pale, at least in part, lateral margin of elytra unspotted. 
Oval ferruginous. Thorax pale with ferruginous spots. Elytra 
with numerous small black spots. (Mo. to Wash.) 
C. multipunctata Say. 
Oval, green. Thorax green or brown with pale apical and lateral 
margins. Elytra pale with slender sutural and subsutural 
lines and numerous small spots, green. (Eastern States to 
Ore.)... C. bigsbyana Kirby. 
Legs and epipleura black. 
Oval, convex, greenish black. Elytra with heavy black markings con¬ 
nected, and enclosing angular pale spots. (Canada.) 
C. pnirsa Stal. 
Epipleura of prothorax canaliculate. 
Epipleura of elytra pale. 
Oval, convex, bluish black. Elytra pale with narrow black markings; 
sutural, subsutui*al and two parallel sinuous stripes from the 
humeral region to beyond middle, the exterior one connected 
with a humeral spot; several smaller spots posteriorly. (El 
Paso, Tex., Ariz., N. Mex., Mex.). C. dislocata Rogers. 
Like the preceding but the markings of elytra much broader and the 
subsutural confluent with the sutural stripe. (Pac. States to 
Neb.). c. sigmoidea Leconte. 
Epipleura of elytra black. 
Legs red. 
Elongate oval, bluish black. Elytra pale with strong black mark¬ 
ings; a sutural vitta trifid in front; a long stripe from the 
humerus arcuate towards suture before the middle, abruptly 
parallel with suture to behind middle and again arcuately 
bent and reflexed towards the margin ; an oval spot between 
the humerus and scutellum, a V-shaped one at apex and sev¬ 
eral on the sides of the disc ; also a marginal spot at middle. 
(Ariz., N. Mex.). C. serpentina Rogers. 
Legs black. 
Very small, globosely oval, black. Elytra with a broad black sut¬ 
ural vitta, abreviated at base, and with about 9 large pale 
spots surrounded by black rings; a small marginal spot at 
middle. Kans. (Collection Ulke), Mex. 
C. multiguttata Stal. 
