NASCIO SIMILLIMA. 121 



NOTE XIV. 



DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES 



AND A SYNOPSIS 



OF THE BÜPRESTID GENUS NASCIO, C. & G. 



BY 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



1. N as cio s imillim a, v. d. Poll. 



Obscure aeneo-cuprea ^ nitida, elytris opace flavis, maculis 

 magnis irregularihus hrunneis notatis, apice sanguineo. Caput 

 crebre punctatum , supra inter oculos transverse impressum ; 

 thorax fortiter punctatus , ad basin excavationibus tribus 

 magnis, in medio duabus minoribus. Elytra fortiter punctato- 

 striata , bicostata , apice rotundato. Subtus crebre punctata. — 

 Long. 12 mm., lat. é'/s mm. 



Habitat Queenslaad. — In mus. nostro. 



Head , antennae , thorax , scutellum , underside and feet 

 dark coppery bronze , shining ; the elytra opaque , ochraeeous 

 yellow , ornated with brownish spots , viz. : two small lon- 

 gitudinal spots between the shoulder and scutellum , two 

 very large irregular triangular ones in the middle (the base 

 of the triangle placed on the outer margin) and a small 

 triangular one , common to both , before the apex ; the 

 apical portion of the outer margin crimson. 



Head deeply punctured, with a large transverse impres- 

 sion between the upper part of the eyes. 



Thorax convex , strongly punctured , the forder margin 

 very slightly produced , the base nearly straight , the sides 

 narrowed above , impressed above the posterior angles , 

 which are acute and projecting; in the middle with an 



JVotes from tlie Leyden JMuseum, Vol. VIII. 



