beautiful Coleopterous Insects from Silhet. 109 



Buprestid^e, Fab. 

 Chrysochroa, Delaporte. 



Sp. 10. Chrysochroa Edvardsh. Tab. X. fig. 4. 



Viridi-aurata, thorace cupreo-purpureo, elytris fascia irregulari macule flava 

 insignitis, corpora subtus roseo-cupreo, pedibus concoloribns. 



Long. lin. 27 ; lat. lin. 8£. 



Caput aeneum, in medio fortiter excavatum, punctatum. Thorax cupreo-aeneus, depressus, 

 trapezoidalis ; margine posteriori subsinuato. Elytra viridi-amca, cupreo tincta, lineis 

 longitudinalibus insignita; macula irregularis flava ad disci medium posita. Corpus 

 infra roseo-cupreum, punctatum, igne micante fulgidum, annulis abdominis posticr \ i 

 ridibus. Pedes femoribus cupreo-aeneis nitidis ; tibiis rectis viridibus ; tarsis supra eon- 

 coloribus, subtus fusco-spongiosis. 



The nearest species of my acquaintance allied to Chrysochroa Edvardsii is a 

 beautiful species named Perottetii by Mons. Guerin. The superb Buprestis just 

 described is named in honour of Milne Edwards, Professor of Natural History 

 in Paris, who has lately been elected to the Entomological Chair formerly 

 held by Audouin, the successor of Latreille. 



LONGICORNES. 



Monohammus, Megerle. 



Sp. 11. Monohammus sulphurifer, Hope. Tab. X. fig. 5. 



Corpore toto supra et infra flavo-sulphureo, antennis pedibusque nigro cine- 

 reoque variegatis. 



Long. lin. 13 ; lat. lin. 4f . 



Caput fronte declivi flavo ; linea tenui longitudinali fortiter incisa. Thorax utrinque spinis 

 nigricantibus armatus. Elytra ad apicem rotundata, capillis sulphureis obsita, macula 

 rotundata parva brunnea (in singulo) ad disci medium insignita. Pedes nigricantes ; tar- 

 sis infra fusco-pilosis. 



The above insect is from Silhet. In my former memoir on the c Insects of 

 Assam,' two other species of this genus will be found described ; and on refer- 

 ence to my collection I find that I possess five other Indian species, which are 



