126 TRACHYS FRENCIII. 



NOTE VI. 

 NOVA SPECIES BUPRESTIDARUM. 



DESCRIPSIT 



J. R. H NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



1 rachy s Fr enchi, v. d. Poll. 



Parva, cuneiformis , nitida, supra laete aureo-aenea^ 

 regulariter sparsimque punctis setiferis tecta (setae longae 

 a.urescentes) ^ subtus nigro-aenea; elytra later a liter cost ata. — 

 Long. 2— 2^/- mm., larg. I'/s — I'/g mm. 



Caput inter oculos paullo excavatum , in vertice sparsim 

 punctatum. ProtJiorax brevis, latus, antice valde oblique 

 angustatus ; lateribus fere rectis , augulis posticis nonnihil 

 intus directis, retrorsuiu promiuentibus , acutis; ad basin 

 fortiter bi-sinuatus, in medio late lobatus (lobus ante scu- 

 tellum arcu emarginatus) ; regulariter punctatus, singula 

 puncta setifera capitis thoracisque orbiculo inscripto cir- 

 cumdata. Scutellum sat magnum , triangulare. Elytra sub- 

 depressa , prothoracis base paullisper latiora, ad humeros 

 modice rotundata, apieem versus gradatim attenuata , ad 

 apieem late et coujunctim rotundata; lateraliter costa va- 

 lida acuta instructa ; punctis grossis setiferis sat dense ob- 

 tecta, infra scutellum plaga magna glabra notata. Pars in- 

 fera punctis aliquot, orbiculis vel arculis circumdatis, in- 

 structa; prosternum breve , latissimum ; metasternum in medio 

 annulum subovale elevatum ferens. 



Haec species mibi videtur T, setosulae H. Deyr. afifinis. 



Habitat Queensland bor. — Haec est prima species generis 

 Tracheos Australiensis , nuperrime transmissa ab entomo- 

 logo diligentissimo French, in cujus lionorem ei dedicavi. 



Notes from the Leyden Alneeura, Vol. IX. 



