432 Mr. E. Saunders’ Descriptions of 
5. Steraspis aurovittata (Hope, MS.). (Pl. XXII. fig. 1.) 
S. capite cupreo-brunneo ; thorace cupreo-rufo, valde punctato, 
linea dorsali viridi; elytris fortissime punctatis, lateribus 
basi suturaque viridibus, apice denticulato: Subtus cuprea. 
Head coppery-bronze; thorax coppery-red, the dorsal line, in 
some lights, and the anterior angles green; elytra green at the 
base, sides and suture, the disk of each with a broad purplish-red 
vitta extending to the apex; underside golden-coppery. Antennz 
blue-black, the basal joint green. 
Head deeply and widely channelled between the eyes, the edges 
of the channel raised so as to form a carina on each side bordering 
the inside of the eyes. Thorax a little more than once and a half 
as broad as long ; anterior margin slightly emarginate, elevated, 
especially at the sides, where it is reflexed so as almost to form a 
fold, more than half as broad as the base ; sides diverging rapidly 
for about a third of their entire length, thence nearly straight with 
a slight emargination just above the posterior angles, which are 
acute and very slightly rounded; base with a shallow wide sinua- 
tion; disk deeply punctured, with a smooth dorsal line, the punc- 
tures becoming closer together on the sides and near the anterior 
angles so as to give a rugose appearance; just above the base is a 
slightly-raised curved smooth line, widening as it approaches the 
sides, and occupying altogether about two-thirds of the entire 
breadth of the thorax. Elytra widest at the angles behind the 
shoulders, which are very prominent and situated about one sixth 
of their entire length from the base, thence the sides converge to 
the apex in a slightly curved line; posterior margin denticulate ; 
disk rugosely punctate, striate, the punctures more irregular on 
the sides so as to make them almost rugose, on each side above 
the lateral margin is a carina extending to the apex but strongest 
about the middle. Underside punctured, covered with silky hairs ; 
the breast with a tubercle on each side; the apical segment tri- 
angularly incised. 
Length 23 lines; breadth 83. 
Hab.—Sierra Leone. 
For this species I am indebted to my friend Professor West- 
wood, 
6. Cyphogastra auripennis, (Pl. XXII. fig. 2.) 
C, capite et thorace viridibus; hujus lateribus foveatis, disco 
linea longitudinali valde impressa; elytris punctato-striatis, 
apice utriusque spinoso, 
Head and thorax green. Elytra golden-copper colour, the 
