CHRYSOBOTHRIS RUTILICUSPIS. 417171 
NOTE XXVI. 
CHRYSOBOTHRIS RUTILICUSPIS, 
NOVA SPECIES BUPRESTIDARUM 
BY 
Dr. K. M. HELLER. 
Ex affinitate Ch. insolatae Deyr. et perplexae Deyr. — 
Q. Caput fronte impressa, circulatim striata, supra impressi- 
onem ignita, vertice viridi. .Thorax viridis, lateribus late 
ignitus, transverse striolatus et sat dense interpunctatus, 
margine basali medio lobo apice truncato. Scutellum acute 
triangulare, coeruleum. Elytra sat dense punctata, subpa- 
rallela, ultimo triente angustata, coeruleo-virescentia, utrin- 
que macula ante medium, altera transversa in secundo triente 
pone marginem lateralem, sutura foveisque duabus basali- 
bus pure virescentibus, ultimo triente, sutura excepta, 
ignito. Corpus infra viride, punctatum, episternis pro- et 
metathoracis et metasterno lateribus remote vermiculatis , 
abdomine lateribus nigro-coerulescenti, prosterno antice 
utrinque et coxis posticis auroreis, episternis pro- et me- 
sothoracis aeneis. Pedes virides, femoribus posticis tibiisque 
intermediis et posticis obscurioribus, tibiis anticis apice 
ignitis. — Long. tot. 10 mm., lat. ad hum. 4 mm. 
Habitat in insula Celebes: Macassar (Dr. Platen). 
Head metallic green, closely punctured, and with a 
roundish somewhat elliptical and transverse blackish bronze 
impression which is marked at the bottom with concentric 
ridges, the middle point of which is situated at the centre 
of the impression; forehead fire-red, vertex metallic green; 
clypeus with a deep angular emargination. 
Thorax transverse, anterior margin straight, base deeply 
emarginate on each side, posterior angles acute, middle 
lobe truncate; the sides diverging rapidly for a quarter of 
their length, then nearly straight, behind the middle rounded 
and then slightly converging to the posterior angles; disk 
with somewhat close punctures and fine transverse ridges, 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
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