( 429.) 
XI. Descriptions of Six new Species of Buprestidee belonging 
to the Tribe Chalcophorides, Lacordaire. By Ep- 
WARD SAUNDERS. 
[Read 5th November, 1866.] 
1. Chrysochroa similis. (Pl. XXII. fig. 8.) 
C. viridis, punctata; capite rugoso; thoracis lateribus aureis, 
rugosis 5 elytris singulis macula flava in medio posita, apice 
fortiter bidentato: Subtus aurea, punctata. 
Bright green; the head in front, the sides of the thorax, espe- 
cially near the posterior angles, and the underside, golden. Each 
elytron with a transverse flavous spot situated about its middle, 
the edges of which are bluish. Legs greenish-blue, tarsi cyaneous. 
Antenne black, the basal joint blue. 
Head deeply and rugosely punctured in front, less so on the 
vertex, with a deep longitudinal impression between the eyes, 
which is met near the vertex by a small transverse one. Thorax 
widest at the base, not quite once and a half as broad as long ; 
anterior margin rounded, with a slight emargination in its centre, 
two-thirds the length of the base, sides sinuate, diverging for two- 
thirds of their length, then straight to the posterior angles, base 
triangularly lobed; disk deeply punctured, with a faint smooth 
dorsal line, anterior margin smooth, sides rugose. Elytra much 
wider than the thorax, twice and a half as long as wide, sides 
slightly sinuate below the shoulders, apex widely truncate and 
armed with two sharp teeth; disk punctured, with four elevated 
smooth ridges. Underside punctured, coarsely in the middle, 
finely at the sides, which are covered with a short sericeous-golden 
pubescence. Legs and antennz punctured. 
Length 183 lines; breadth-6. 
Hab.—Penang. 
This species comes next to C, ocellata, from which it may at 
once be recognized by the want of the blue centre to the thorax 
and of the red spots on the elytra, as well as by the armature of 
the apex and the shape of the spots, which in the present species 
more resemble bands. 
(I have lately seen a specimen of this insect in Count Mniszech’s 
collection bearing the name of Wingii, White; but I have failed to 
find any description of it—Apri/, 1867.) 
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