216 Mr. W. Bainbridg-e's Observations on 



b^ 



tibiisque micantibiis, roseoque colore tinctis et quasi vermibus 



erosis. 

 Long. lin. 10, lat. lin, 4. 

 Habitat in Sierra Leona. In Mus. Dom. Hope. 



The head and clypeus are elongate, quadrate, and punctate ; 

 the margins are reflexed ; the anterior angles rounded, and 

 slightly sinuated in front. Thorax broader than long, inore punc- 

 tate at the sides than on the disc. The lateral margins reflexed, 

 the reflexed margin ending before it reaches the base of the 

 thorax. Elytra not much wider than the thorax, and punctate- 

 striate, each elytron has two elevated and abbreviated ridges. 

 Body beneath punctate. Legs slightly clothed with tawny pubes- 

 cence, and marked with numerous vermiculate lines. 



This fine species is entirely of an emerald green colour, shaded 

 with black. [Vid. Arcan. Ent. pi. 19, fig. 2, and p. 107.] 



Sp. 4'. Diplognatha nigrita, Bainbridge. 



Totum corpus supra et infra nigrum. Caput clypeo quadrato, 

 dente breve utrinque armato, lateribus elevatis. Thorax 

 hexagonus, variolosus. Elytra thorace parum latiora, antice 

 scabra, postice laeviora, in singulo ad apicem tuberculum 

 elevatum et insignitum. Corpus infra nigrum punctatum, 

 pedibus atropiceis. 



Habitat in Sierra Leona. 



The above undescribed species was brought to this country by 

 Mr. Strachan, lately returned to England. I cannot consider any 

 of the insects figured in Messrs. Gory and Percheron's Monograph 

 to be the same species ; it is to be regretted that many of the 

 descriptions of the species in that work are very deficient, and 

 some of the plates are so bad that it is impossible to make out the 

 species intended by those authors. The present species is very 

 closely allied to the Diplognatha variolosa of Latreille. 



Sp. 5. Diplognalha holoserica, Bainbridge. 



Totum corpus supra nigrum, thorace subtilissime punctulato, 

 elytrisque striatis, lineis aliquot elevatis, punctis inter strias 

 dispositis. Corpus infra nigru)n, nitidum, pubescentia aureola 

 aspersum. Abdomen lined media longitudinale rubra im- 

 pressa, pedibus ciliatis. 



Long. lin. Dh, lat. lin, 5^, 



Habitat in Sierra Leona. 



