514 Mr. Vigors, on some new subjects of Zooiog?^. 



gatis, pilisque albis instructis ; tibiis striga interrupta alba superne 

 notatis. 



Longitudo Corp. -J^ ; lat. f . 



Habitat in Africa meridionali. 



In Mas. Dom. Bennett, nost. 



In honorem Jacobi Francisci Stephens, Armigeri, Societatis 

 Linneanx Socii, Entomologiae Britannicae seduli felicissimique in- 

 dagatoris, hoc perpulchrum insectum nominatur. 



Tribus. Sternoxes. Latr. 

 Fam. BupRESTiD^. MacL. 

 Genus. Buprestis. Linn. 



LyoNii. Bup. viridis aureo nitens ; capite thorace elytrisque 

 punciis profunde impressis, horum punctis lineatim dis- 

 positis. 



Tab. XIX. f. 3. 

 Elytra sulcis rugosis punctisque lineatim dispositis longitadina«>^ 

 liter notata; marginibus subrecurvis aureo-splendentibus. Corpus 

 subtus pedes(\}Jie punctis irregulariter impressi, pilis ferrugineis 

 parcis instruct!. 



Longitudo * corp. 1 ^% ; lat. ^. 



Habitat in Barbaria. 



In Mus. Dom. MacLeay, Kirby, Horsfield, Bennett, nost. 



Peregrinatoris indefessi, intrepidi, oculatissimi, Jacobi LYONy 

 classis regiae Navarchi, qui insectis plurimis a se in Africa interiorl 

 coUectis scientiam ditavit, haec species nomen mutuatur. 



Tribus. Capkicornes. Latr. 

 Fam. PRiONiDiE. 

 Genus. Dokysthenes. 



Antennae duodecim-articulatae, compressaa, subtus serratae: 

 articulo primo elongato subcylindrico ad apicem crassiore, se- 



* This species varies considerably in its dimensions : the above is the largest 



in size that I have met with, I have an example in my collection measuring 



i-3 only of an inch in length, and _3_ ia breadth. 

 To ' = ' 10 



