| 380 . Mr. Kinav's Century of Insects; 
- This insect stands in the Banksian cabinet as Carabus calidus 
Fabr.; but since that specimen was not labelled by Fabricius, and 
does not agree either with his description or that of Olivier, I 
conceive my insect to be nondescript. 
curvipes. T. C. nigro-æneum, obscurum, elytris striatis: punctis 
impressis inauratis triplici serie, tibiis posteriori- 
bus arcuatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 112. 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 
Priecedenti simillimum sed minus, supra magis obscurum, tactu 
scabrum. Caput et Thorax punctulis minutissimis confertissimis 
confluentibus tecta; hic totus concolor postice angustior. Ely- 
_ tra fere ut in precedente, sed unicolora nec margine viridi: striis 
 ànterstitiis: haud punctatis,. et omnibus transverse impresso- 
lineatis. Puncta impressa inaurata triplici serie. — Epipleura 
postice magis conspicua. Tibie quatuor posteriores arcuate: 
(Buprestide). 
. BUPRESTIS. 
pulchella. 8. B. elytris acuminatis scabris : laco duabus ob- 
scuris albis, corpore lineari cyaneo. : 
Long. corp. lin. 42. 
Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 
Corpus angustum, lineare, cyaneum, punctatum. | Caput orbicu- 
latum, postice longitudinaliter impressum. Antenne breves, 
serrate. Thorax ex rugulis transversis scaber, postice utrinque 
elevatus et in medio foveatus. Scutellum transversum, brevis- 
simum, supra. linea elevata. Elytra amoene violacea, ex gra- 
nulis complanatis scabra, sericeo-obscura, pone medium utrin- 
que tumida, basiin medio impressa, apice attenuata et extus 
mucrone 
