some new Species of Sagra, Sfc. 243 



Sagra Jansoni, n. sp. 

 Elongata, rufo-aurea, viridi-nitens, antennis robustis, dimidio 

 corporis loiigioribus, purpureis, basi viridibus ; tborace sub- 

 remote piinctato, latitiidine paullo longiori, angulis anticis 

 sub-promimilis, obtusis; elytris intra humeros oblique sulcatis, 

 infra basin leviter transversim-impressis, punctato-striatis, 

 interspatiis tenuiter reticulato-vermiculatis ; femoribus inter- 

 niediis subtus in dt^ntem compressum productis. 

 Long. mas. 6 — 7 lin. ; fern. 5^ lin. 



Mas. — Femoribus posticis elytra modice superantibus, elongato- 

 obovatis, intus ad basin flavo-tomentosis, subtus ante apicem 

 bidentatis; tibiis ejusdem paris apice mucronatis, ante apicem 

 extus spina valida intus dente bVevi armatis, abdominis seg- 

 mento primo longitudinaliter excavato, crebre punctato, flavo- 

 tomentoso. 

 Fcem. — Femoribus posticis elytra vix superantibus, ante apicem 



creta denticulata instructis. 

 Var. A. — Metallico-viridis, subtus purpureo-micans ; antennis 



purpureis. 

 Elongate, shining rufo-aureous, with metallic-green markings 

 and reflexions beneath ; antennae purple, their basal half metallic- 

 green. Head deeply punctured ; antennae robust, slightly incras- 

 sate towards their apex, two- thirds the length of the body in the 

 male, somewhat shorter in the female, six basal joints metallic- 

 green, the remainder deep purple. Thorax slightly longer than 

 broad, anterior margin moderately produced, anterior angles 

 moderately prominent ; sides slightly concave ; above deeply but 

 not very closely punctured, middle transversely depressed in front 

 of the basal margin. Scutellum metallic-green, its surface smooth, 

 impunctate. Elytra oblong- elongate, their apex sub -acutely 

 rounded, above convex, base obliquely impressed within the shoul- 

 ders, the latter slightly prominent, basilar space bounded below 

 by a shallow but distinct transverse depression ; Snely but dis- 

 tinctly punctate -striate, the puncturing being visible over the whole 

 surface of the elytra, interspaces finely vermiculate-reticulate. 

 Body beneath more stained with metallic-green, sub-remotely 

 punctured ; four anterior thighs moderately incrassate, the inter- 

 mediate pair produced beneath into a flattened tooth ; tibiae 

 strongly curved. 



Male. — Intermediate thighs produced beneath into a flattened 

 acute tooth ; hinder thighs extending beyond the elytra for a 

 fourth their length ; elongate-obovate, incrassate, their lower edge 

 notched at the apex and armed with two short stout teeth, of 



