Mr. Kinpr's Description of several new Species of Insects. 455 
voted to another science; though fully competent to the task him- 
self, he has requested me to lay a description of them before the 
Linnean Society, which I shall now do to the best of my ability, 
adhering to the plan begun in my former paper. 
COLEOPTERA PENTAMERA. 
(Buprestida.) 
Burrestis Linn. 
cruentata. 1. B. viridis, elytris subacuminatis violaceis: fasciis 
duabus, maculaque antica laterali, sanguineis. 
PLATE XXIII. TIO. d. 
Long. corp. lin. À. 
Parva sed pulcherrima. Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, nitidum, 
punctulatissimum, glabrum, ameene viride. Caput triangulare, 
inter oculos impressum, postice canaliculatum. Antenne ca- 
pite vix longiores, nigræ. Thorax linea angustissima dorsali 
longitudinali levi. Scutellum triangulare: disco excavato. Ely- 
tra striata: striis punctatis, violacea; fasciis duabus, anteriori 
- subsinuata, postica lunata, maculaque sub humero cum fascia 
antica connexa, sanguineis. Inter fascias color violaceus ely- 
trorum vergit in purpureum. El Jtrorum apex subacuminatus. 
tricolor. 2. B. viridi-aurata, elytris bidentatis, flavis; litora bis, 
sutura, fascia, maculaque apicis, violaceis. | 
| Long. corp. lin. 5i. 
Corpus subdepressum, oblongum, punctulatum, subtus Hadian- 
ratum: pube parva albida. Caput inter oculos impressum, 
postice canaliculatum. Antenne nigræ. Thorax æneus: late- 
ribus sordide flavis, postice paulo latior: puncto medio im- 
presso. Scutellum triangulari-cordatum, viride: disco impresso. 
Elytra 
