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thorax has only a few lunate punctures towards the sides. 

 The elytra iiave only tiiree not very distinct lines of punctures 

 at the base, not extendiuj:; beyond the middle ; at the aj)ical 

 niarjL,'in arc the usual transverse strioli\3. The transverse 

 striohu o{ the pyi^idiuin are liner and closer. Tlie femora are 

 dull red, the tibia; and tarsi obscure reddish pur[)le. 



Buprestidae. 

 Belionota Saundersii, sp. n. 



iEiica, clyfcris purpureo-iuncis : scutcllo subtillissime punetulato ; 



corporo subtus hi'to aureo-viridi, ad hitera bruuneo-a3noo, hie et 



illic cuproo tincto, sogmento apicali cj'aueo. 

 Long, y] hn. 



Hah. N. Australia, Cape York. 



This species is very like B. fallaciosa in p^eneral form 

 (even narrower than that species usually is), but is easily 

 tlistinguished by the extremely finely punctured scutcUum 

 and different coloration. The thorax has the punctuation 

 very fine, rather closer than in B. fallaciosa^ with less 

 smooth space in the middle of the base. The elytra are 

 bronze, obscurely tinted with brownish purple, with a stcel- 

 Llue shade at the apex. The body beneath is very bright 

 gohlen green, brownish ajneous at the sides ; the segments 

 are bordered with dark steel-blue, and the greater part of the 

 apical segment is of the same colour; in some examples the 

 blue colour ascends somewhat in the median channel. 



Belionota Woodfordi, sp. n. 



Nigro-aenea : thoracc ignco-cuprea, medio purpureo suffuse ; scu- 

 tcllo puri)urasccijti, subtilitcr punctulato ; corpore subtus tiurco- 

 viridi, ad latera cyauco purpurasccnti. 



Long. 11-12| Hn. 



Hah. Fauro I., Solomon Islands (C. M. Woodford, Esq.). 

 This is very close to B. jyrasina, but is, I think, sutiiciently 

 difFercut in its coloration to merit a distinctive name. 



Cleridae. 



Natalis. 



Many species of this genus have been described from time 

 to time, most authors comparing their species with " N. ijor- 

 catusj Fabr." What these authors consider jjorcatuSj F. to 



