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imia, and principialis Klug — Conognathus. B. equestris and 

 amaena Kirby. — Anthaxia. B. cyanicornis, manca, nitida, 

 quadrimaculata. — Melanophila. B. appendiculata, tarda. — 

 Chrysohotus. B. impressa, chrysostigma affinis. — Belionota. 

 B. scutellaris, stigma, canaliculata F. and B. ecunone, Latr. 

 Regne An. V. 4. 13. 2. 



"We are enabled to add four species, three of which we consi- 

 der as new. The first we call Whitehillii. Hope's MSS. It is 

 dark green,varied on the thorax with yellowish white ; also with 

 five rows of downy spots of the latter colour, on each elytron, 

 which are likewise covered with smaller spots of the like 

 colour ; legs blackish green, tarsi dilated, beneath, purplish 

 copper covered with yellowish hairs ; eighteen lines in length, 

 and is an inhabitant of Poonah, India. From Mr. Hope's 

 cabinet. 



Buprestis Jlavomarginata. Hirsute, the thorax aeneous 

 black, punctate, with the margin yellow. The elytra asneous 

 black, with deeply punctuated striae, near the tip, with two 

 angulated transverse fascise red, margin yellow, tip acute ; the 

 length is six lines, and the species is from Brazil. 



Bicprestis bifasciata. Linear, golden green, with a few 

 elevated longitudinal lines of violet ; with two transverse 

 fasciae of the same, near the tip, which is red, and dentated ; 

 this species is six lines long, and is from Mexico. 



The last species we have to notice is Buprestis peni- 

 cillata, Klug. The head with two horns, bronze, the thorax 

 tuberculate, with the sides dilate, crenate, blackish bronze, 

 the scutellum with the middle dilate, angulate, obscure 

 bronze ; the elytra depressed, carinate, punctate, bronzed, 

 sprinkled with white and black hairy spots, with the tip 

 attenuate, denticulate, black, with two transverse angulate 

 striae, the tip truncate with black tuft of hair at the angles, 

 and likewise a similar tuft on each elytron beyond the 

 middle. 



