New Species of Buprestide. 511 
Iridotenia obscura, n. s. (Pl. XXV. fig. 3.) 
Subeenea; subtus aureo-viridis. Caput profunde ex- 
cavatum. J’horaw lined longitudinali impressa utrinque 
prope angulos posticos. Wlytra punctato-striata. 
Subtus punctata. 
Above, dull bronze, with coppery reflections ; beneath, 
golden green. 
Head very largely and deeply punctured witha deeply im- 
pressed longitudinal fovea. Thorax half as broad again as 
long; anterior margin nearly straight, three quarters the 
length of the base; sides very shghtly swollen above the 
middle ; base straight ; disk deeply punctured, sides rugose, 
dorsal line deeply impressed at the base and in front 
but scarcely visible in the centre; near the posterior 
angles, on each side, is a deeply-cut somewhat curved 
longitudinal line, not quite half way up the side of thorax. 
Elytra wider than the thorax, widest behind the middle; a 
little more than twice as long as wide, sides very shghtly 
sinuate below the shoulders, apex attenuate, posterior 
margin denticulate ; disk deeply and closely punctate- 
striate, the punctures on the sides rather irregular. 
Beneath and legs punctured, covered with fine hairs. 
Length 10 lines ; breadth 33 lines. 
Asemochrysus rugulosus, H. Deyr. 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, viii. p. 48, pl. 1. fig. 1. 
Aprosopus rugifrons, H. Deyr. 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, viii. p. 51, pl. 1. fig. 3. 
Peecilonota psilopteroides, H. Deyr. 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, vii. p. 59. 
Peeilonota nigrofasciata, n. 8. 
Aureo-brunnea. Thoraa linea dorsali maculisque 
duabus utringue nigris. Plytra punctato-striata, nigro 
sparsa, fascia infra mediam partem apicibusque 
nigris. Subtus punctata. 
Golden-brown. Thorax with the dorsal line and four 
small irregular spots, black. Elytra scattered over with 
small black spots, their apex, and a band interrupted be the 
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