PeUdnola Cj/anipes. 541 



^«/eMrtffi aureo-cupreae. Corpus s\xht\is pedesque nitide aureo- 

 cuprei,albide pilosi. 67j//)ewj aureus. Scutellum nitidum, parce 

 puactatum. 



Long. Corp. IJ^; lat. ^V 



Habitat in India Oriental!. 



In Mus. Dom. Mac Leay, nost. 



It is difficult to convey either by description or representation a 

 just idea of the beauty of this superb insect, which formed one of 

 the choicest ornaments of the Madras collection, to which I have 

 so often alluded. It bears the name of a gentleman, the value 

 and advantages of whose friendship will be better understood by 

 an expressive silence, than by any vain attempt at acknowledge- 

 ment. 



Fam. RuTELiD^. Mac L. 

 Genus. Pelidnota. Mac L. 



Cyanipes. p. intense viridis, glaberrimus^ pedibus purpureo' 

 ci/aneisj antennis nigris. 

 Tab. 20. f. 8. 

 Caput scutellumque punctis minimis conspersa. Elytra punctis 

 longitudinaliter dispositis, ad humeros lateraque profunde irapres- 

 sis, in medio fere obsoletis, instructa. Pedes punctis impress!, 

 parce pilosi. Abdomen superne rugosum, subtus punctis impres- 

 sum, pilosum : segment© ultimo purpureo-cyaneo. 

 Long. Corp. li; lat.-|.. 

 Habitat in Brazilia. 

 In Mus. nost. 



The insect in my cabinet is the only specimen of this species 

 that I could discover in a very extensive collection received some 

 short time ago from the Brazils. It approaches very nearly to P. 

 glauca ; but is easily distinguished, not only by its deep green 

 colour, but by the sculpture of its elytra^ which are longitudiuitily 

 punctured, while those of P. glauca &re smooth. 



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