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



hair. The rusty red stripe on the elytra extends from the 

 base at the shoulder to bejond the middle. 



Buprestidse. 



Pijcnohothris dejecta. 



Elongata, sat angusta, subparallela, panim nitida, fenea : thorace 

 crcbre piuictato, elytris perparum angustiore, parallolo, ad api- 

 cem solum siibito oblique angustato ; elytris subparallelis, ad 

 apicem angustatis, fortiter striatis, striis punctatis, siugulatim 

 maculis duabus rotuudatis margiualibus tomentosis ornatis, apice 

 truncato ; corpore subtus peueo, rugoso ; abdominis segmento ultimo 

 crebre punctato et piloso, plaga mediana ovali uitida laivi cuprea. 



Long. 9 lin. 



This s})ecies is nearest to P. compncta^ Waterh. (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1880, p. 194), but is narrower and more ])arallel. The 

 thorax is rather strongly and closely punctured ; the median 

 im]u-ession is scarcely noticeable. The elytra are behind the 

 middle a little wider than at the shoulders, then narrowed to 

 the apex ; the striae are strongly impressed, and are well- 

 marked, even at the sides ; the interstices near the suture are 

 moderately convex, those towards the sides are slightly 

 wrinkled by the punctures in the strias ; the second interstice 

 has five or six small round pilose impressions j on the mar- 

 gin, a litttle way below the shoulder, is an ovate impression 

 (filled with yellow pile) ; and here there is a slight dilatation of 

 the margin ; there is a second similar impression about half- 

 way between the middle and the apex ; the apex is narrowly 

 truncate, but not compressed. The underside of the insect is 

 rugose. The prosternal process is deeply lined on each side, 

 densely and finely punctured and pilose in the middle in the 

 male, sparingly punctured and not pilose in the female. 

 Apical segment of the abdomen closely punctured and pubes- 

 cent, with an ovate highly polished coppery space in the 

 middle, extending from the base to the apex, narrower than 

 in P. coriijyacta. 



PijcnohotJiris qnadnmaculata. 



Elongata, parallela, sat convexa, parnm nitida, latera versus opaca, 

 obscure a?]iea ; thorace elytris perparum angustiore, transverse, 

 sat crebre puuctulato, linea mediana im])rcssa, lateribus parallelis, 

 ad angulos anticos solum suljito incurvatis ; elytris post medium 

 paulo latioribus, dein arcuatim angustatis, ad apicem truncatis, 

 punctato- striatis, maculis quatuor rotundatis impressis et fiavo- 

 tomentosis ; corpore subtus plagis guttisque cyancis ornato ; abdo- 

 minis segmento ultimo punctato, lincis duabus longitudinalibus 

 elevatis cyaneis instructo. 



Lono;. 10 lin. 



