6 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



in Tt\y arrangement at the beginning of the '' Buprestides 

 vrais" of that author, and resembles this species much 

 in general characters, I think the present insect makes a 

 convenient link between the two. 



PseudhyperantJia jucunda (PL I. fig. 9). 



P. cyaneo-nigra, polita^ minutissime punctata ; thorace 

 pos'tice flavicincto ; elytris maculis quatuor trans- 

 versis flavis ornatis, apicibus truncatis quadriden- 

 tatis : subtus flava^ cyaneo-ornata j pedibus cyaneis, 

 flavo-ornatis. 



Black, shining, with purple reflections. Head with a 

 yellow streak between the eyes. Thorax with its base 

 and lateral margins yellow. Elytra each with two short, 

 narrow, transverse bands, one situate about a third of 

 their length from the base, the other about two-thirds ; 

 there is also a small yellow spot on the lateral margin of 

 each elytron close to the upper band. Beneath, yellow, 

 posterior margins of the abdominal segments cyaneous ; 

 fourth segment entirely of that colour, except a small 

 triangular spot in its middle ; apical segment wholly 

 blue. Thorax and breast variegated with blue. Legs 

 and antennee cyaneous ; each thigh, beneath, with a 

 streak of yellow. 



Head punctured. Thorax widest at the base, finely 

 punctured, with a larger puncture just above the scutel- 

 lum ; anterior margin elevated, and slightly produced ; 

 sides rounded just above the posterior angles ; base 

 slightly bisinuate. Elytra punctate-striate, wider than 

 the thorax at their base, twice and a fifth as long as wide, 

 slightly sinuate above the middle and again before the 

 apex, which is widely and obliquely truncate, and armed 

 on each elytron with two sharp teeth and two or three 

 small irregular denticulations between them. Underside, 

 and legs, finely jDunctured. 



Length 10 1 lines ; breadth 3^ lines. 



Hab. — Penang. 



Hyperantlia hella (PI. I. fig'. 8) . 



H. capite thoraceque nigris, punctatis, hoc marginibus 

 lateralibus flavis ; elytris punctatis, striatis, flavis, 

 sutura, vitta laterali, fascia transversa post medium 

 pcsita, apiceque nigris : subtus nigra, flavo-macu- 

 lata. 



