Notes on a collection of Insects from Gayndah, by 



William MacLeay, Esq., F.L.S. 



Second Papek. 



[Read 4th December, 1871.] 



I NOW proceed with the list of Gayndah Coleoptera, in continua- 

 tion of my paper of last Api'il. I was in hopes at one time of 

 having been able to bring my task to a termination shortly, but 

 press of business and other matters have reluctantly compelled 

 me to give up all idea of proceeding for some time at least 

 beyond the limits of the present paper. 



BUPRESTID^. 



420. — Nascio viridis. n. sp. 

 Length 4 lines. 

 Elongate, narrow, green, opaque, and punctate. Thorax 

 slightly lobed in front, truncate behind, and parallel sided, with 

 a transverse impression near the base, and a small round fovea 

 in the centre of the base. Elytra coarsely striato-punctate — the 

 interstices near the suture elevated, — a little broader than the 

 thorax at the base, and wedge shaped and serrate towards the 

 apex which is bidentate, with the posterior two thirds of the 

 suture of a bluish tinge and a small yellow spot in the centre of 

 each elytron. Body beneath and legs green, subnitid, punctate, 

 and thinly clothed with a whitish pubescence. 



421. — AsTR^us Mastersii. n. sp. 



Length 4 Hues. 

 Head punctate, whitish pubescent, black on the occiput, green 

 in front, with a slight central longitudinal ridge. Thorax punc- 

 tate, slightly pubescent, and black with the sides green. Elytra 

 black, tinged with green and purple, striato-punctate — the in- 



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