of the Family Buprestidae. 5S1 



sixtli interstices costiform : the first costa becomes vciy fine 

 at tlie apex ; the second extends from tlie humeral callus to 

 the outer apical tooth ; the third is abbreviated at each end. 

 The apex of each elytron is rather deeply emarginate, and 

 the U\o teeth thus formed are very acute. Tibiie shaded 

 with steel blue, slightly pubescent. Tarsi ferruginous, but 

 more or less metallic green above. Abdomen in the middle 

 more stroaglv punctured than in the preceding species, the 

 punctures slightly elongate ; at the sides the punctuation 

 is very fine and rather close. The pubescence is extremely 

 bhort, ? . 



Long. 20, lat. 6i mm. 



Hub. Bogota. 



A single specimen presented by Senor Jose Vergara, F.Z.S. 



Halecia ruyosa, sp. n. 



Elongate-elliptical, blackish aeneous above, dark teneous 

 below, moderately shining. Head very closely and rather 

 strongly punctured, tinted with steel-blue, with a lightlv 

 impressed median line. Thorax moderatelv narrowed in 

 front, broadest just l>ehind the middle, almost straight to the 

 posterior angles, which are acute and slightly prominent. 

 Disk with a rather strongly marked impression extendiu"- 

 from the base to the apex ; it is rather broad at the base, 

 narrowed in front, with a short smooth line in the middle, 

 on each side of which is an irregular line of strong punctures. 

 The punctures on the disk are small but very distinct, not 

 very close together, at the sides they are very deep, larger, 

 and at the anterior angles often confluent. The surface is 

 very uneven ; the anterior margin is impressed, and there is a 

 small fovea at the base near tlie hind angles. The elvtra are 

 at their base distinctly broader than the thorax, subparallel 

 for two thirds their length, and then narrowed in the usual 

 way to the apex. They are very deeply puuctate-striate, or 

 rather there are lines of deep fovese, the foveae being of un- 

 equal size, and sometimes two or three unite into one ; the 

 second interstice is slightly costiform, the othei"s are narrow 

 and rendered irregular by the strong loveae. The apex of 

 each elytron is emarginate, the outer tooth rather less acute 

 than the sutural one. The abdomen is more strongly and 

 rather more closely punctured in the middle than in the 

 preceding sjiccies ; at the sides it is closely and finely 

 punctured, the punctures being slightly asjjerate. Tarsi 

 blui>h green. Autennse almost black ; the second joint 

 rather short, the third about one third lon-er, the follow in"- 

 rather shorter and widened towards the apex. 



