New Species of Buprestide. 517 
base ; sides diverging rapidly for a quarter of their length, 
then straight and slightly converging to the posterior 
angles ; base deeply bisinuate ; disk deeply punctate, and 
transversely ridged, sides with a slight impression near 
the posterior angles. Elytra deeply punctured, half as 
long again as broad, widest at the shoulders, which 
are shghtly prominent; posterior margins denticulate, 
apex rounded ; base of each with two impressions ; there 
is also another shght one on each disk, situated not 
quite half their entire length from the base. Beneath 
and legs punctured. 
Length 34 lnes; breadth 2 lines. 
Chrysobothris similis, a. s. 
Viridis, nitens. Caput punctatum, impressione inter 
oculos quadrati. Uhoraw transverse rugosus, apud 
angulos posticos aureo-maculatus. Hlytra maculis 
cyaneo-nigris tribus utrinque punctata. Subtus 
punctata. 
Bright green; a spot on each side of the base of the 
thorax, near the posterior angles, golden. Hach elytron 
with three cyaneous-black spots ; one near the base, of an 
irregular oval shape; the second, about the middle, some- 
what transverse ; and the third, a long one of a somewhat 
sagittate form, not quite touchmg the apex. Beneath 
golden-bronze; legs greenish, anterior femora coppery. 
Head deeply punctured, vertex projecting over the 
forehead ; between the eyes is a somewhat square im- 
pression, deeply and irregularly striated transversely, 
covered with short scattered hairs. Thorax widest 
at the base, twice as wide as long; anterior margin 
emarginate, ‘three- quarters the length of the base; sides 
diverging rapidly from the anterior angles for about 
one-sixth of the entire length of the thorax, thence 
nearly straight to the posterior angles; base deeply 
bisinuate ; disk punctured deeply, ridged transversely, 
the ridges intersecting each other so as to form a sort 
of transverse net-work; those on the sides are longi- 
tudinal; near the posterior angles on each side is a 
sight impression. Elytra half as long agai as wide, 
deeply punctured ; shoulders slightly prominent; pos- 
terior margin denticulate; base with an impression 
on each side of the scutellum. Beneath and legs 
punctured with a few scattered short hairs. 
