of the Family BuprcstiJcc. 59 



as C. vlridiventris. Capt. Kcneinans liad piobivbly 

 not had access to the figure of the latter. 

 C. edwardsi. If I am right in the deterniination of the 

 sexes of this species, all the males have a broad fascia 

 and the apex of the elytra brown ; the lemales have 

 this colour confined to tlie suture and margins. 



Conognatha splendens, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrow, somewhat elliptical, brilliant golden 

 green; the elytra with a rather broad yellow fascia at a 

 short distance from the apex. Ajitenna3 black. Clypeus 

 deeply triangularly emai'ginate. Thorax convex, arcuately 

 narrowed in front, rather finely and moderately closely 

 punctured, very slightly sinuate before the acute posterior 

 angles, which are more closely punctured and slightly im- 

 pressed. Scutell|jim not very large, as long as broad, 

 arcuately narrowed posteriorly. Elytra at the base of exactly 

 the same width as the thorax, gradually and arcuately 

 narrowed towards the apex ; finely punctate-striate, the 

 interstices only very slightly convex, but more stiongly so 

 at the apex. The apical margins have four or five obtuse, 

 scarcely noticeable teeth. Prosternum convex, rather closely 

 and moderately strongly punctured, the front part slo])ing 

 down, transversely rugulose, and separated from the upper 

 part by a slight but distinct carina. Tibias and tarsi dark 

 steel-blue, the apical three segments of the abdomen narrowly 

 edged with blue ; the apical segment gently emarginatc. ^ . 



Long. 19 mm. 



Hah. Parana. 



Conognatha leachi, sp. n. 



Brilliant metallic golden green, shining. Thorax much 

 narrowed in front, gently arcuate at the sides, very delicately 

 and not very closely punctured, with a strong impression at 

 each posterior angle. Scutellum rather small, arcuately 

 acuminate. Elytra exactly the same width as the base of 

 the thorax, of a darker bluer green than the thorax, deeply 

 punctate-striate, the interstices rather strongly convex except 

 near the scutellum. Each has the following clear j'ellow 

 ornamentation : a stripe extending from the base to a little 

 beyond the middle, broad at the base, narrower posteriorly, 

 not quite reaching the suture behind, then it turns in a 

 flexuous band to the margin and runs along the marginal 

 costa to the base (leaving a small green spot below the 

 shoulder). Between this and the ajjex there is an angulatcd 



