214 Mr. Stephens's Description 



ciliatis; tibiis anticis elongatis compressis, apice emarginato, externe 

 sub-convexis, interne sub-planis, versus apicem paulo curvatis, prope 

 marginem anticum spinis acutis armatis, extus multidentatis, dentis 

 duobus apicalibus magnis ; intermediis et posticis brevioribus, teretibus, 

 apice interno bicalcarato, extus serratis; tarsi articulis quatuor basalibus 

 sub-a;qualibus, ultimo elongato clavato, unguiculis duabus compressis, 

 acutis, curvatis. 



Sp. 1. Grantii. Sub-viridi-aureus, cupreo refulgens, thorace gibbo viridi 

 intense, lateribus angulisque posticis versicoloribus, elytris sub- 

 castaneo-tinctis, femoribus aureo-viridibus, tibiis cupreo-Jerritgineis, 

 tarsis antennisque tiigris, abdominis segmentorum marginibus tes- 

 taceis, pectore lanngine griseo tecto. (Longitudo corporis 

 S 3 inc. 3^ lin.). 



In honorem Di. Geo. Grant, M. D. hoc splendidissimum insectum 

 nominavi. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Mandibles (of the male) rather more than half the length of 

 the body, finely but distantly punctured, with a few longitudinal 

 wrinkles at the base, the inferior process very glossy and im- 

 punctate, colour rich copper, tinted with brilliant shades of a 

 golden hue, the base and its appendage rich blue-green and 

 iridescent; the curvatures bronzed-black; head bright golden- 

 green, varying in tint with the light, the disc very glossy, re- 

 motely, but finely, punctate, bluish ; the lateral and posterior 

 margins of a variable golden hue, with the spinous processes of 



