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elytra are more coppery. The thorax is strongly angular at the sides rather before the 

 middle, and the posterior angles are acute and somewhat divergent ; the median smooth 

 space is broad and scarcely convex, and the impression on each side of it has some 

 irregularly placed strong punctures ; the sides are strongly rugose. The elytra have 

 the impressions similarly placed to those in C. virginiensis ; but the raised portions are 

 less prominent, and, having large punctures scattered over them, they are less glabrous ; 

 all the humeral region is more rugulose. 



2. Chalcophora virginiensis. 



Buprestis virginiensis, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. i. p. 66, t. 30. f . 3 1 ) and index. 

 Chalcophora noveboracensis , Fitch, Trans. N. York Soc. Agr. 1859, p. 701. 



^7Hab. Noeth America, Virginia 1 (Crotch). — Mexico (coll. Brit. Mus.); Guatemala, 

 Guacamaya, 1800 feet, San Geronimo (Champion). 



There are in the British-Museum collection four examples marked Mexico. One of 

 them is undoubtedly C. virginiensis ; a second has the thorax more coarsely punctured 

 at the sides ; the other two may ultimately prove to belong to a distinct species, as they 

 have the smooth parts on the thorax wider, and the sides are slightly sinuous before 

 the posterior angles. I deem it best, however, to consider these as varieties at present. 



The numerous specimens taken by Mr. Champion are more of a grey-bronze than is 

 usual in the North- American examples ; and the specimens from San Geronimo have 

 the thorax more rugose at the sides ; these characters, however, do not appear to be 

 constant, and I do not, therefore, consider them specific. 



CHRYSESTHES. 



Chrysesthes, Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 290. 



Species of this genus have at present been found in Brazil, Cuba, and Honduras. 



1. Chrysesthes auronotata. (Tab. I. fig. 3.) 



Chrysesthes auronotata, Saunders, Cist. Ent. i. 1874, p. 225. 

 Hab. British Honduras (coll. Brit. Mus. 1 and Blancaneauw), Belize (Salle). 



This species is recognizable from its having only three strong costse on each elytron 

 (besides the lateral one), with two or three golden-coppery spots. 



2. Chrysesthes tripunctata. (Tab. I. fig. 2.) 



Buprestis tripunctata, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p. 179. 



Hab. British Honduras, Bio Hondo (Blancaneaux). 



A specimen of this species in the British Museum, compared by Mr. Edward Saunders 

 with the original type, has the sides of the abdomen densely and finely punctured, 

 except along the apical margin. The specimen taken in the above-mentioned locality 



