Australian Buprestidce. 19 



Gen. ANILARA, (H. Deyr. MS.). 



(Anthaxia^ pars, Hope.) 



1. Anilaea Adelaide, (PI. IV. fig. 12). 

 Anthaxia Adelaides, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 216. 



" Nigro-senea ; tliorace cupreo-Eeneo, subtilissime punc- 

 tato, elytris nigricantibus violaceoque colore tinctis. 

 Corpus infra atro-£eneum, antennis pedibusque 

 concoloribus." (Hope). 



Dull bronzy. 



Head very largely punctured, with an impressed line 

 on the vertex. Thorax twice as broad at the base as long ; 

 anterior margin slightly produced in the centre and at 

 the angles, three-quarters the length of the base ; sides 

 diverging rapidly for a third of their length, then slightly 

 rounded to the posterior angles ; base straight ; disk 

 punctured, punctures on the sides very large. Elytra 

 one quarter as long again as wide, sides subparallel for a 

 little more than half their length, then rounded to the 

 apex ; disk finely rugose ; suture elevated posteriorly. 

 Underside and legs punctured, with a few scattered 

 hairs. 



Length Ij lines ; breadth ^ a line. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



Gen. NEOCURIS, (H. Deyr. MS.). 



(Anthaxia, pars, and Stigmodeea, pars, Hope.) 



1. Neocuris Foetnumi, (PI. IV. fig. 10). 

 Anthaxia Fortnumi, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 216. 



" Cyanea, thorace concolori, lateribus aurato-punctatis ; 

 elytris ad scutellum auro-fulgentibus, macula irre- 

 gulari aurea post humeros locata ; corpore subtus 

 violaceo, pedibus concoloribus.'^ (Hope) . 



Head cgeruleous. Thorax and elytra dark cyaneous ; 

 the former nearly black, its posterior angles fiery copper 

 colour, the colour extending along its sides for about 

 two-thirds of their length ; the latter with a somewhat 

 triangular sutural coppery red spot, commencing at the 

 scutellum, which is green, and extending for about a 

 third of the entire length of the elytra, and with a long 



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