Australian Buprcstidoi. 11 



Gen. EURYSPILUS, Lacordaire. 

 (AgriluSj 2mrs, Hope.) 



1. EUKYSPILUS CHALCODES, (PL I. fig. 13). 



Agrilus chalcodes, (Hope^ Bupr. p. 12) . 

 Euryhia chalcodes, L. & G. ii. Eur. 1, pi. i. fig. 1. 



*'^neus, caput cum thorace ruguloso-punctatum^ fronte 

 depressa; elytris punctatissimis, quatuor lineis 

 lateribusque elevatis. Corpore infra concolore." 

 (Hope) . 



The entire insect of a coppery bronze hue. 



Head largely punctured, furrowed on the vertex, with a 

 shallow round depression above the mouth. Thorax a 

 quarter as broad again as long ; anterior margin rounded, 

 three-quarters the length of the base ; sides rounded ; 

 base nearly straight ; surface deeply punctured and trans- 

 versely ribbed throughout ; disk with an impressed 

 dorsal line. Elytra twice and a quarter as long as wide ; 

 sides gradually converging to the apex, which is some- 

 what attenuate ; apex of each extremely finely bidentate ; 

 disk deeply punctured ; each elytron with four raised 

 lines. Underside punctured, covered with very short 

 white hairs. 



Length 5^ lines j breadth 1^ lines. 



Hab, Swan River. 



Gen. CINYRA, Laporte and Gory. 



(CissEis, 2?ars, Hope.) 



1. CiNYEA SPILOTA, (PL IV. fig. 32) . 



Gisseis spilota, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 219. 



" Viridi-fBnea, thorace quatuor punctis albis notato, 

 elytrisque variis minutis maculis ornatis; corpore 

 infra seneo.-'^ (Hope) . 



Head fiery copper. Antennae green. Thorax dark 

 bronzy-brown, with four white spots, one near each 

 angle, the two posterior touching the base. Elytra of 

 the same colour as the thorax, each with twelve small 

 white spots, two on the base, several dispersed along 

 the margin, and four on the suture, the two upper of 

 which are larger than the rest. Underside bronzy, with 

 two white spots on each side of the breast, and on each 

 abdominal segment. 



