12 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Head very deeply punctured^ with a few scattered 

 short hairs. Thorax half as broad again at the base as 

 long ; anterior margin almost straight^ two-thirds the 

 length of the base ; sides nearly straight^ posterior angles 

 acute ; base straight ; disk largely and deeply punc- 

 tured, with a broad impressed dorsal line, with four small 

 fovese filled with white pubescence, situated as above. 

 Elytra twice and a quarter as long as broad; sides 

 straight for two-thirds of their length, then converging 

 to the apex, which is rather pointed; disk striate 

 and very deeply punctured, with numerous foveas filled 

 with white pubescence, situated as mentioned above. 

 Underside and legs bronzy, with a pubescent fovea on 

 each side of the thorax, breast, and each abdominal 

 segment. 



Length 5^ lines; breadth 1| lines. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Gen. PLAGIOPE, (H. Doyr. MS.) . 



(BuPRESTis, pars, and Anthaxia, |)ar8, Hope.) 

 1. Plagiope chrysochloris, (PI. I. fig. 22). 



Bwprestis clirysocliloris, (Hope, Bupr. p. 7) ; L. & G. i. 



Bup. 122, pi. xxxi. fig. 169. 

 " Thorace aurato, punctulato ; elytris viridi-auratis, atro 

 marginatis, disco postice flammanti. Corpore sub- 

 tus Eeneo, nitido, antennis pedibusque viridibus." 

 (Hope) . 



Above, golden copper, \vith greenish reflections. Be- 

 neath, golden green. Legs and antennas green. 



Head flat in front, deeply punctured, covered with 

 short hairs. Thorax twice as broad at the base as long ; 

 anterior margin slightly produced, three-quarters the 

 length of the base ; sides nearly straight, with a slight 

 bend just above the posterior angles; base straight; 

 surface deeply punctured and transversely ridged ; 

 dorsal line indicated merely by a very faint depression 

 near the anterior margin; near the posterior angles on 

 each side there is rather a deeper one. Elytra half as 

 long again as wide, finely and rugosely punctured, sides 

 subpai'allel for two-thirds of their length ; posterior 

 margin finely denticulate. Underside and legs punc- 

 tured, covered with white hairs. 



Length 6 lines ; breadth 2,\ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



