232 Mr. Edward Saunders' Descriptions of 



bus, pulvere flavo repletis. Elytris obscure cupreo-fuscis, 

 puuctatis et striatis, utrinque impressionibus duabus in- 

 distinctis iiotatis. Subtus ffinea, pedibus cyaneis. 



Head fiery copper colour, deeply punctured and narrowly 

 channelled in front, on each side above the mouth margined 

 with green. Thorax deeply punctured, dull purple brown 

 with coppery tints, anterior margin slightly produced, sides 

 nearly straight, dorsal line impressed ; near each lateral 

 margin is a longitudinal green furrow, filled with yellow 

 powdery pubescence. Elytra much wider than the thorax, 

 closely and somewhat rugosely punctured and striated, of 

 a dull coppery brown colour, with purplish tints, each 

 elytron with a longitudinal impression along tlie suture 

 posteriorly and two somewhat round, very slight, punc- 

 tured, ajneous impressions, one just above, the other jiist 

 below, the middle, near the margin, these impressions 

 filled with powdery pubescence ; sides sinuate al)Ove the 

 middle, apex of each attenuate terminating in a single 

 tooth. Beneath bronzy, punctured, legs cyaneous. 



Length, 4i lines ; breadth. If lines. 



Hab. Ega, Amazons. H. W. Bates. 



Shape and figure of Beltii, E. S., which it should precede. 



Halecia Beltii, E. S. 



Lsete aureo viridis. Elytra utrinque, humero, apice, 

 maculisque quinque coeruleis ornata. 



Shape of octopimctata, Yah. Bright golden green with 

 cyaneous spots on the elytra. 



Head excavated in front, rugosely punctured. Thorax 

 shining, punctured, dorsal line narrowly impressed in 

 front, met at the base by a large puncture ; sides nearly 

 straight, each with two transverse impressions, one just 

 below the anterior margin, near the angle, the other a little 

 way above the posterior angle, the impressions filled with 

 yellow powdery pubescence ; on each side of the dorsal line 

 in front, is a slightly raised cyaneous spot. Elytra golden 

 green, in some places covered with yellow powdery pubes- 

 cence, considerably Avider than the thorax, deeply punctate 

 striate, and punctured between the stria3, each with the 

 shoulder, five spots, and the apex cyaneous. The spots are 

 arranged thus — one at the base midway between the 



