Australian Bwprestidoe. 15 



laceis serratis, viridi-trimaculatis. Corpore infra 

 aureo nitidO;, antennis pedibusque violaceis nitidis." 

 (Hope) . 



Head^ thorax, and antennte green, the latter coppery 

 on the disk. Scutellum golden. Elytra purplish-brown, 

 each marked with four golden spots, a small one just 

 above the shoulder touching the base and the lateral 

 margin, a long* narrow one on the suture extending 

 from the scutellum for about a quarter of the entire 

 length of the elytra, a transverse band about the middle, 

 reaching the lateral margin, but not touching the suture, 

 and a round spot between it and the apex. Underside 

 and thighs green, shining; tibif© blue. 



Head deeply punctured. Thorax twice as broad at 

 the base as long ; anterior margin half as long as the 

 base, very slightly produced, its angles slightly embra- 

 cing the head ; sides rounded before the middle, posterior 

 angles produced and acute; base straight; disk with a 

 faintly raised dorsal line, largely and remotely punc- 

 tured, the punctures becoming closer on the sides. 

 Elytra twice as long as broad, punctate-striate, the in- 

 terstices in some cases raised so as to form longitudinal 

 ridges ; sides subparallel for two-thirds of their length ; 

 posterior margin denticulate, apex rounded. Underside 

 and legs punctured ; each segment of the abdomen with 

 two foveee, one on each side near the anterior margin ; 

 the apical segment armed with four spines, the inner 

 ones the longest. 



Length 7 lines ; breadth 2^ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



5. MeLOBASIS CUPRICEPS, (PI. I. fig. 16) . 



Buprestis cupriceps, Kirby, Tr. Linn. Soc. xii. 457 ; (Hope, 

 Bupr. p. 8); L. & G. i. B^ip. 119, pi. xxx. fig. 164. 



Buprestis viridinitens, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. ii. 94. 



Biipresiis iridescens, (Hope, Bupr. p. 8); L. & G. i. 

 Bu2:). 121, pi. xxxi. fig. 167. 



Hab. Australia, Port Jackson. 



6. Melobasis propinqua, (PI. I. fig. 17). 

 Buprestis propinqua, (Hope, Bupr. p. 8); L. & G. i. 



Bup>. 120, pl. xxx. fig. 165. 

 Buprestis Porteri, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 215, 



