new species of Buprestidce. 249 



each margin golden-coppery. Beneath golden green; 

 abdominal segments each with two round lateral fovese, 

 filled with yellow pubescence. Femora green ; tibiae 

 green at their base; apices of these, tarsi and antennee 

 flavous, claws golden-coppery. 



Head rugose, channelled in front. Thorax transversely 

 rugose ; anterior margin emarginate, sides nearly straight, 

 posterior angles acute, base rounded, dorsal line im- 

 pressed, sides with a rugose fovea on each near the 

 hind angles. Elytra wider than the thorax, deeply punc- 

 tate-striate, sides sinuate below the shoulders, thence 

 attenuated to the apex, posteriorly deeply denticulate. 

 Beneath and legs punctured, sides of the abdominal seg- 

 ments foveated and pubescent. 



Length 13 lin.; breadth 5 lin. 



Hah. — Owahan Island, Fiji. 



Should follow Lauisay White, to which it bears some 

 superficial resemblance. 



Halecia maculicollis, n. sp. 



Viridis. Capite inter oculos impresso-punctato. Tho- 

 race punctate, margine anteriori subrecta, lateribus post 

 medium productis et rotundatis, angulis posticis subrectis 

 base bisinuata, disco maculis duabus cyaneis Itevibus 

 ornato, linea dorsali impressa, lateribus etiam utrinque 

 maculis duabus rotundatis, laevibus, notatis. Elytrisver- 

 miculato-rugosis, apice attenuata, marginibus posticis 

 denticulatis. Subtus punctata, viridi - cuprea ; pedibus 

 igneo-nitentibus. 



Green. Thorax with three round spots on each side, 

 viz. : one on the disc, and two on each lateral margin, 

 cyaneous. Elytra with its raised portions cyaneous. 

 Beneath coppery-green ; tarsi fiery copper-colour. 



Head punctured, impressed between the eyes. Thorax 

 punctured ; anterior margin slightly produced in the 

 middle and at the angles, sides produced in a rounded 

 lobe below the middle, posterior angles almost right 

 angles ; base with a shallow rounded median lobe, dorsal 

 line impressed ; the cyaneous spots on the thorax are 

 marked with only a few large scattered punctures. Ely- 

 tra longitudinally vermiculate, sides sinuate below the 

 shoulders, posterior margins denticulate, apex attenuated, 

 extreme tip rounded. Beneath and legs punctured. 



Length 12 lin.; breadth 5 lin. 



Hab. — Brazils. 



