neiv species of Bupresttdce. 243 



golden, the colour extending some distance up the suture 

 and the sides. Beneath golden ; tibiae and tarsi of the 

 front two pairs of legs, and tarsi only of the last, green. 



Head, excavated between the eyes, punctured, with a 

 very narrow deeply impressed line down the middle. 

 Thorax, anterior margin raised, nearly straight, its 

 angles much depressed, lateral margins reflexed, some- 

 what rounded, base slightly bisinuate, surface punctured, 

 the punctures larger and confluent on the sides ; dorsal 

 line smooth, disc flat, raised in a triangular form. Elytra 

 widest at the shoulders, largely and irregularly punctate- 

 striate, the punctures finer near the apex, lateral margins 

 reflexed, with two well-marked angles on each below 

 the shoulder, then gradually converging to the apex, 

 which is denticulate. Beneath, punctured, sides covered 

 with short golden hairs. 



Length 18 lin.; breadth 6 lin. 



Hah. — Cape Palmas. 



Should follow viridipennis, Saund. 



Steraspis Wehvitschii, n. sp. 



Caput inter oculos excavatum, rugose punctatum. 

 Thorax rugose punctatus, fusco-cupreus, lateribus antice 

 viridibus, margine anteriore elevata lateribus rotundatis. 

 Elytra regulariter punctato-striata, utrinque vitta lata 

 cuprea ornata, sutura, base, marginibusque viridibus. 

 Subtus cuprea, albido-pubescens. 



Head dull green, with coppery - brown reflections. 

 Thorax coppery on the disc, green on the anterior margin, 

 and on the sides in front. Elytra coppery ; base, suture, 

 and sides green ; beneath coppery. 



Head excavated between the eyes, and rugosely punc- 

 tured. Thorax with the anterior margin raised, sides 

 rounded, slightly raised and smooth, base shallowly and 

 triangularly lobed; surface irregularly punctured, the 

 punctures confluent at the sides so as to make them 

 rugose ; dorsal line indicated by a triangular smooth 

 space on the base and the anterior margin. Elytra 

 regularly and closely punctured in lines, the interstices 

 at the sides and apex also very finely and closely punc- 

 tured ; sides with two angles near the shoulder, the lower 



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