Mr. KinB y's Description of several new Species of Insects. 455 



voted to another science; though fully competent to the task him- 

 self, he has requested me to lay a description of them before the 

 Linnean Society, which I shall now do to the best of my ability, 

 adhering to the plan begun in my former paper. 



COLEOPTERA pentamera. 

 (BupresiiclcE.) 

 BupRESTis Linn. 

 cruentata. 1. B. viridis, elytris subacuminatis violaceis : fasciis 

 duabus, maculaque antica laterali, sanguineis. 

 Plate XXIII. Fig. 1. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 4. 

 Parva sed pulcherrima. Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, nitidum, 

 punctulatissimum, glabrum, amoene viride. Caput triangulare, 

 jnter oculos impressum, postice canalicalatum. AntenncB ca- 

 pite vix longiores, nigrae. Thorax linea angustissima dorsali 

 longitudinali laevi. 5't«ife////w triangulare: disco excavato. Ely- 

 tra sirxala: striis punclatis, violacea; fasciis duabus, anterior! 

 subsinuata, postica lunata, maculaque sub humcro cum fascia 

 antica connexa, sanguineis. Inter fascias color violaceus ely- 

 trorum vergit in purpureum. Elytrorum apex subacuminatus. 



tricolor. 2. B. viridi-aurata, elytris bidentatis, flavis : litura basis, 



sutura, fascia, maculaque apicis, violaceis. 



Long. Corp. lin. of. 



Corpiis subdepressum, oblongum, punctulatum, subtus viridi-au- 



ratum: pubc parva albida. Caput inter oculos impressum, 



postice canaliculatum. Antetuuc n'xgrzs. Tliorax asneus : Jate- 



ribus sordide flavis, postice paulo latior: puncto medio im- 



prcsso. Scutcllu/n triangulari-cordatum, viride : disco impresso. 



E/i/tra 



