196 Buprestklce from Madagascar. 



Note : — In a series named by M. Thomson for Mr. 

 Janson, one of the specimens named P. ohsnirella is 

 P. cuprifera, and is from Fianarantsoa. It is only from 

 the locaHty for ohscurella being given as Antananarivo by 

 M. Thomson that I am able to determine which is the 

 true ohscnreUa. 



My authority for P. cwprifera is a specimen so named 

 from La Ferte's collection, which agrees with Laporte 

 and Gory's description, but as they do not describe the 

 anal plate the determination is not satisfactory. 



Pijcnohotlirls crassa, n. sp. 



Very near P. ohsciirdla, Th., but shorter and broader, 

 with more coarsely punctured elytra, and with brighter 

 colour below. Thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, 

 closely and very coarsely punctured ; brownish coppery, 

 generally with a little feneous and brassy intermixed. 

 Elytra gradually becoming a little wider from the 

 shoulders to about two-thirds their length, then obliquely 

 acuminate, simple at the apex ; dark brown tinted with 

 obscure purple, very strongly and closely punctate-striate; 

 with two round spots, filled with pale yellow pubescence, 

 on the margin of each elytron. The under side is 

 shining green [sometimes tinted with coppery] , with 

 the sides of the body and margin of the elytra brownish ; 

 the apex of the femora, some spaces on the abdomen, 

 and the anal plate are blue. The anal plate is round, 

 or nearly so, relatively larger than in P. cuprifera, 

 surrounded by a lightly impressed finely pubescent line ; 

 the apical margin is somewhat raised and a little 

 thickened, coppery or purple, obscurely punctured. The 

 prosternal process is longitudinally impressed in the 

 middle, and has numerous strong punctures. 



Length G — 8 hues. 



Hah. — Antananarivo (Kingdon and Toy). 



