BTTPKESTIS,— CI1STEA. 15 



Also very close to the two preceding species, and is of the same form and general 

 characters. The thorax is coarsely and irregularly punctured, the punctures crowded 

 together, and smaller at the side. There is no distinct smooth patch on each side of 

 the disk ; and the median smooth line is scarcely raised. The elytra have the suture 

 flattened, especially at the base ; the scutellar costa and the base of the first costa are 

 confounded with the smooth sutural area ; the first stria is consequently only distinct 

 posteriorly ; this and the second and third are flattened, and are of a purple colour ; 

 the fourth costa is slightly raised, and is included in the coppery margin. The apex 

 of each elytron is obliquely truncate as in B. piliveptris ; but the external angle is not 

 so dentiform. The abdomen has the middle of all the segments and the whole of the 

 second, third, and fourth segments very sparingly and very finely punctured ; the basal 

 segment is moderately thickly punctured at the sides. 



5. Buprestis picta. 



Elongata, fusiformis, convexa, parum nitida, senea aureo tincta ; thorace crebre punctato, medio linea lsevi, 

 angulis anticis rufo-ochraceis, posticis incurvatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis evidenter punctatis, 

 singulis lineis duabus ochraceis ornatis. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Eab. Mexico {coll. Brit. Mus.). 



A species closely resembling B. lineata, Fabr., in general form, colour, and appear- 

 ance, but with the thorax of the same form as in B. hwmorrhoidalis, Herbst ; i. e. the 

 posterior angles are not divergent, but rather turned inwards. The thorax is strongly 

 and closely punctured, with a distinct smooth median line. The striae of the elytra are 

 not quite so strong as in B. lineata; and the punctuation on the interstices is also 



less strong. 



CINYEA. 



Cinyra, Lap. & Gory, Mon. ii. 1837, p. 157. 

 Leptia, Dejean, Cat. 1837, p. 89. 



Species of this genus are recorded from Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, and Cayenne. One 

 (C. sjpilota, Hope) is from Australia; but, being known to me only from description, I 

 am unable to say whether it belongs properly to this genus or not. 



1. Cinyra costulata. (Tab. I. fig. 20). 



Buprestis {Cinyra) costulata, Lap. & Gory, Mon. ii. p. 159, t. 39. f. 220. 

 Leptia poly stigma, Cherr. Silb. Rev. v. p. 78. 



Eab. Mexico, Vera Cruz {Salle). 



2. Cinyra frontalis. (Tab. I. fig. 19.) 



Elongata, angusta, nitida, nigro-aenea ; tborace subparallelo, fortiter punctato, canaliculo mediano bene impresso 

 integro; elytris multicostatis, striis punctatis et in striis punctis plurimis majoribus albo-tomentosis, 

 apice quadridentato. 



Long. 8| lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova {Salle). 



