MALACHIUS BIPUNCTATUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax rufous, with two remote black spots ; 

 elytra blue; abdomen sanguineous. 



SYNONYM. 



M. BIPUNCTATUS. NoMs. Joum. Jicad. Nat. 

 Sciences^ vol. iii. p. 185. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black, with a slight greenish tinge; all 

 before a line drawn between the anterior canthi 

 of the eyes, including the antennae, yellow; 

 mandibles and terminal joints of ihe, palpi black; 

 thorax yellowish-rufous, with two small, remote, 

 rounded black dots ; posterior submargin some- 

 what indented : elytra blue or greenish : pectus 

 rufous: posfpectus and feet black: abdomen 

 sanguineous. 



PLATE 48, 



