Mr. C. O. Waterliouse on new Buprestidse. 173 



about the middle, touching' the margin but not reaching the 

 suture, and a third some distance from the apex. The under- 

 side of the body is more bhiish. There is a yellow spot on 

 the posterior coxa, and on the side of the first, second, and 

 fifth segments of the abdomen. The prosternum is closely 

 and very strongly punctured. The metasternum is less 

 strongly and less closely punctured. The basal segment of 

 the abdomen is thickly and strongly punctured, the second 

 segment not quite so strongly, and the thirds fourth, and fifth 

 less closely and less strongly punctured in the middle. 

 Hob. India ? Brit. Mus. 



Ancylotela, n. gen. 



General character of Ptosima^ but less cylindrical, more 

 pear-shaped. The thorax is subglobose, very convex, at the 

 middle considerably broader than the elytra ; at the base there 

 is a slight constriction. Elytra at the base the same width as 

 the base of the thorax, but with tlie shoulders a trifle wider ; 

 very flat on the back, impressed at the scutellura, gently 

 narrowed posteriorly, arcuately acuminate at the apex ; there 

 is a strong acute tooth on the margin a little way from the 

 apeXj with a stronger one above it ; at the suture there is a 

 sharp ridge, which terminates in a strong tooth just above 

 the apex ; the apex itself is truncate and has four very short 

 teeth. The abdomen has the second segment distinctly an- 

 gularly produced in the middle ; the third segment is very 

 slightly so ] the third and fourth segments have their apical 

 angle very prominent, almost dentiform. 



The general form of this insect, combined with the curious 

 armature of the elytra and the structure of the abdomen, neces- 

 sitate the formation of a genus for its reception. It should be 

 placed next to Tyndaris. 



AncyloteJa oculata, n. sp. 



8ubpyriformis, aenea, nitida ; thorace siibgloboso, crebcrrime trans- 

 versim aciculato-punctato, antice linea longitudinali impresso, basi 

 media angulata fovea impressa, ad angulos anticos macula flava 

 magna medio puncto nigro ; clytns striatis, striis confertim punc- 

 tulatis, iuterstitiis dorsalibus plauis, parce puuctulatis, lateralibus 

 convexiusculis fortius punctatis, paulo pone medium macula late- 

 ral! flava. 



Long. 5^ Im. 



llab. Chili. Brit. Mus. 

 Ann. tO Ma(j. N. Uist. Scr. 5. ]'ol. ix. 13 



