514 Mr. Vigors, on some new subjects of Zoology. 



gatis, pilisque albis instructis ; tihiis strig^ interrupt^ alb^ superne 

 notatis. 



Longitude corp. \^ ; lat. \, 



Habitat in Africa meridionali. 



In Mus. Dom. Bennett, nost. 



In honorem Jacobi Francisci Stephens, Armigeri, Societatis 

 Linneanae Socii, Entomologiae Britannicae seduli felicissimique in- 

 dagatoris, hoc perpulchrum insectum nominatur. 



Tribus. Sternoxes. Latr. 

 Fam. Buprestid-s. MacL. 

 Genus. BupRESTis. Linn. 

 Ltonii. Bup. viridis aureo nitens ; capite thorace elytrisque 

 punctis profunde impressis, horum punctis Uneatim dis^ 

 positis. 



Tab. XIX. f. 3. 



Elytra sulcis rugosis punctisque lineatim dispositis longitudina- 

 liter notata : marginibus subrecurvis aureo-splendentibus. Corpus 

 subtus pedesq^e punctis irregulariter impressi, pilis ferrugineis 

 parcis instructi. 



Longitudo * corp. 1 ^ ; lat. ^. 



Habitat in Barbaria. 



In Mus. Dom. MacLeay, Kirby, Horsfieid, Bennett, nost. 



Peregrinatoris indefessi, intrepidi, oculatissimi, Jacobi Lyon, 

 classis regiae Navarchi, qui inseciis plurimis a se in Africa interiori 

 collectis scientiam ditavit, haec species nomen mutuatur. 



Tribus. Capricornes. Latr. 

 Fam. Prionid^. 

 Genus. Dor-ysthenes. 



Antennae duodecim-articulatae, compressae, subtus serratae : 

 articulo primo elongato subcylindrico ad apicem crassiore, se- 



• This species varies considerably in its dimensions : the above is the largest 

 in size that I have met with, I have an example in my ooUection measuring 

 t 3 only of an inch in length, and J» in breadth. 



