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^M<e«^flB aureo-cupieae. Corpus suhtws pedesqiie nitide aureo- 

 cuprei, albide pilosi. Clypeus aureus. Scutellum nitidum, patce 

 punctatum. 



Long. Corp. 1 ^^ ; lat. ^^^.• 



Habitat in India Orientali. 



In Mus. Dom. Mac Leay, nost. 



It is difficult to convey either by description or representation a 

 just idea of the beauty of this superb insect, which formed one of 

 the choicest ornaments of the Madras collection, to which I have 

 so often alluded. It bears the name of a gentleman, the value 

 and advantages of whose friendship will be better understood by 

 an expressive silence, than by any vain attempt at acknowledge- 

 ment. 



Fam. RuTELiD^. Mac L. 

 Genus. Pelidnota. Mac L. 



Cyanipes. p. intense viridis, glaberrimuSi pedibus purpureo- 

 cyaneis^ antennis nigris. 

 Tab. 20. f. 8. 

 Caput scutellumque punctis minimis conspersa. Elytra punctis 

 iongitudinaliter dispositis, ad humeros lateraque profunde impres- 

 sis, in medio fere obsoletis, instructa. Pedes punctis impressi, 

 parce pilosi. Abdomen superne rugosum, subtus punctis impreS" 

 sum, pilosum : segmento ultimo purpureo-cyaneo. 

 Long. Corp. l\; lat.-|. 

 Habitat in Brazilia. 

 In Mus. nost. 



The insect in my cabinet is the only specimen of this species 

 that I could discover in a very extensive collection received some 

 short time ago from the Brazils. It approaches very nearly to JP. 

 glauca; but is easily distinguished, not only by its deep green 

 colour, but by the sculpture of its elytra^ which are longitudinully 

 punctured, while those of P. glauca are smooth. 



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