mno genera and species of Tenehr'wnid(2, ^-c. 301 



metallic goldeu-greeii, suffused with pur})lisli-coppcry at 

 the sides ; legs aud antennae shining chestnut-brown ; 

 labrum dull reddish-brown ; prosternum not distinctly 

 produced, nor narrowly conical, behind, as it is in all the 

 preceding species. 

 Long. 8^ lin. 



Coquerel, in the description of his N. {Adelplius) 

 Guerinii, gives the legs and antenuEB as obscure bronzed- 

 violet, the prothorax very convex and very brilliant, with 

 the hind angles directed backwards ; the elytra very con- 

 vex, and very brilliant coppery-red. 



Nesogena venusta, n. sp. 



Ovato-elliptic ; very gently convex ; elytra greenish 

 coppery-brown passing into purplish-brown at the sides 

 and apex ; head and prothorax fiery-purple with green 

 reflections, the sides of the latter distinctly green ; head 

 finely remotely punctured, the groove at each side the 

 front not at all connected behind ; prothorax minutely 

 remotely punctured, the sides narrowing in a curve fi-om 

 base to apex, more rapidly so at the apical half; hind 

 angles not produced nor outwardly directed, base very 

 gently bisinuate ; sides rathei' finely mai'gined, and not 

 coarsely punctured nor rugose immediately within the mar- 

 gin ; scutellum of the same colour as the prothorax, finely 

 punctured, acutely pointed behind ; elytra large, much 

 broader than the prothorax, gently convex, sides mode- 

 rately margined, not sinuate, scarcely rounded at the 

 middle ; rather finely but somewhat deeply punctate- 

 striate, intervals convex, finely and remotely punctulate, 

 and rather closely alutaceous ; underside brilliant bluish- 

 green aud purple ; femora shining reddish-castaneous, the 

 base and apex metallic-green reflecting purple ; tibiae 

 purplish-violet, the base and apex metallic bluish-green ; 

 1st joint of the tarsi and basal joints of antenna} metallic- 

 pur])le ; prosternal process a little produced and rounded 

 behind. 



Long. 9^ lin. 



Nesogena Fairmairii, n. sp. 



Oblong-elliptic ; moderately nitid ; of a beautiful silky 

 bluish-green, slightly bronzed down the back and on 

 the prothorax ; the margins of the prothorax, the base, 

 suture and lateral margins of the elytra, violaceous ; head 



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