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posterior angles, which are strongly prolonged behind, with a 

 punctuation a little less strong than that of the head, but very 

 dense and very rugose ; marked in the midst of the base with 

 two small punctiform depressions, and with a longitudinal 

 line which reaches the anterior margin ; moreover, marked on 

 each side in its middle by a transverse or subrounded, tolerably 

 large and very deep depression. Scutellum elongate quadrate. 

 Elytra oblong, subparallel, slightly attenuated in their posterior 

 third, very distinctly striated, their intervals scarcely convex, 

 finely, very densely, and very rugosely transversely punctate. 

 Underside of body of a deeper reddish-brown colour. Pro- 

 pectus tolerably distinctly and not very densely punctate in 

 the middle, more rugosely on the sides. Prosternal projection 

 rather strongly depressed in the middle of its base, with its 

 sides somewhat raised, very slightly narrowed in its posterior 

 half, and almost subrounded behind, then abruptly and strongly 

 inflexed and terminated below in a sharp point. Abdomen 

 very finely, very densely, and somewhat rugosely punctate. 

 Legs and tarsi of a deep reddish brown." 



Apparently rare, only a few specimens having been re- 

 ceived. 



Buprestidae. 



CoRffiBUS, Cast. & Gory. 

 1. Coroehus nodifrons. 



^nescenti-brunneus, subopacus, subpunctatus, aciculatim ru- 

 gosus, pube cinerea et nigra irregulariter vestitus ; elytris 

 pube nigra bifasciatis prope apicem, et versus apicem pube 

 ochracea notatis ; capite nodoso ; thorace impresso ; elytris 

 apice denticulatis ; subtus nitidus, seneus, fulvo-pubescens, 

 aciculatim rugosus. 



Long. 5 lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



Brown, with a slightly greenish brassy tinge only visible 

 from some points of view, subopaque, subpunctate, acicularly 

 transversely rugose, clothed with a fine longish grey or ash- 

 coloured pubescence, irregularly mixed with black, which is 

 disposed in two bands near the apex of the elytra, where a few 

 ochraceous hairs occur both on the black bands and along their 

 sides. Head vertical, with the epistome slightly raised, being 

 divided off" by oblique grooves on each side ; from it a deep 

 longitudinal groove runs back to the vertex, making two lon- 

 gitudinal tubercles highest behind on each side of the head, 

 which, however, are slightly interrupted, so that from some 

 points of view there would appear to be four tubercks besides 

 the epistome, while from others there only appear two, which 



