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Long. corp. lin. 7\- — Habitat in Nova Hollandia ? 

 . In Musaeo P. Walkeri, Eq. 



Nigra, aeneo et cupreo perparum tincta : caput magnum, impres- 

 sione verticali in qua linea transverse elevata irregulariter striatum 

 striis gracilibus, cum oculis parallellis, at versus verticem conjunctis, 

 et quasi circulos irregulares efformantibus : labrum luteum, lateri- 

 bus nigris : antennae nigrae, articulis apicalibus brunneis : mandibidce 

 luteae, dentibus nigris : maxillae fuscae, dentibus rufis, palpis nigris : 

 menium nigrum, palpis albidis, apicibus articuli 3tii 4tiique nigris : 

 thorax cum capite concolor, transverse striatus et punctatus : ely- 

 tra ejusdem coloris, apices versus paulo magis cuprea, magis rude 

 punctata, punctis ultra medium elytrorum in striis transversis, con- 

 fluentibus, ad humeros macula parva albida, et cum fascia lma un- 

 dulata, et in medio interrupta convexa ; fascia 2da ejusdem coloris, 

 paulo pone medium elytrorum ad latera dilatata, at versus discum 

 tenuior et angulata, at in medio interrupta, denique macula apicalis 

 triangularis ejusdem coloris : pedes nigri, trochanteribus apicibus- 

 que femorum 4 anticorum et femorum posticorum, basi luteis. 



Obs — The details are lettered alike throughout with the initials 

 of their respective names, h, head ; a, antennae ; m, mandibles ; mx, 

 maxillae; m, p, maxillary palpus; /, 1, upper lip (labrum;) I, 2, 

 under lip (labium ;) cl, clypeus ; ch, chin (mentum ;) I, p, labial 

 palpi ; sc, scutellum ; t, tarsus ;f. 1. 2. 3. 1st, 2d, or 3d leg; (T.) 1, 

 prosternum. A fixed series of names of this kind would be very 

 serviceable, and far more easy than the kind of references adopted 

 by Savigny. 



(Macrosterni.) Fam. — Buprestidje. 



BUPRESTIS DECIPIENS. (Fig. 2.) 



Laete fulva, opaca, macula frontali, linea. thoracis media, alterisque 

 duabus lineatis lateralibus, elytrorum apice, antennis et pedibus 

 nigro-caeruleis, metasterno et abdomine viridi-caeruleis nitidis- 

 simis. 

 Long. corp. lin. 1±, lat. elytr. lin. 3. — Habitat in Nova Hollandia. 

 In Musaeo Patr. Walked, Eq. 

 Testaceo, fulva-opaca, thorace subnitido : caput fulvum, macula 

 parva frontali, alterisque duabus minutis versus basin antennarum 

 apiceque clypei nigris, linea tenui impressa inter oculos, oculis mag- 

 nis lateralibus, capite ante oculos in rostrum parvum productum : 

 mandibular parvae, triangulares, dente parvo acuto terminali, altero- 

 que interno, armatae : maxilla; graciles, bilobatae, lobis pilosis, inter- 

 no parvo : palpis maxillaribus, lobo externo haud longioribus, 4-ar- 



