l38 MONOGRAPHIE DES BUPRESTIDES 



26, — P. pyrura 



Fai rrnaire. 



Paracupta pyrura Fairm., Petites Nouu. Entom., t. II (1877), 

 p. iGG. — Joiirn. Mus. Godeff., pt. 14 (1878), p. 16. 



Long. 14 milliin. 



Obloiiga, lœte viridi-metallica, elytra vitta angusta 

 laterali, apice latiore, nitide cuprea, antennis brunneis, 

 articulis duabiis primis viridibus, tertio quartoque testa- 

 ceis ; capite foveato ; protliorace medio canaliculato, utrin- 

 que laie ac irregulariter impresso, lateribus rugosis, 

 elytris late sulcatis, sulcis transversim creiiatis, inter- 

 vallis convexis, basi plicatis (jE^^ Faimaire). 



Elongato-oblonga, antice posticeqne fere œqualiter 

 angustata, modice convexa, Isete viridi-metallica, elytris 

 vitta angusta laterali, apice latiore, nitide ciiprea, antennis 

 brunneis, articulis duobus primis viridibus, tertio quar- 

 toque testaceis, prothoracis capitisque impressionibus 

 aureis; capite inter oculos foveato, fovea summo sulci- 

 formi, oculis intus sulco impressis, labro fusco ; antennis 

 sat gracilibus, articulo tertio tenui, elongato, sequentibus 

 fere fequalibus; protborace antice a basi attenuato, angulis 

 posticis leviter arcuatis, medio canaliculato, utrinque late 

 ac irregulariter impresso, impressionibus tenuiter dense 

 rugosulis, lateribus rugose punctatis, spatiis elevatis sat 

 grosse punctatis ; scutello brevi, Isevi ; elytris protliorace 

 paulo latioribus, postice attenuatis, extus laxe denticu- 

 latis, apice ipso obliquo, magis tenuiter spinoso, late 

 sulcatis, sulcis transversim crenatis, intervallis convexis, 

 basi transversim plicatulis ; subtus densissime tenuiter 

 punctata, dense griseo-pubescens, pectore lateribus rufo- 

 tomentoso [Ex Fairmaire). 



Hab. — Iles Fidji : Kandavu. 



