BUrRESTID^E. 151 



LXXXII. Genus BUPRESTIS. Linn. 

 xiv. * Subgenus Anoplis. Kirb. 



Labrum submembranaceous, small, rounded at the apex. 

 Palpi with the last joint subcylindrical. 

 Rhinarium transverse, appearing like a part of the labrum. 

 Nose with a sinus taken out. 



Antenna serrated internally, but with the joints less prominent and longer. 

 Elytra subtruncated at the apex, without serratures or terminal conspicuous points. 

 Tarsi with a sucker on all but the claw-joint, first joint covered by it. 

 The type of this subgenus is Buprestis rustica L. 



(202) 1. * Buprestis (Anoplis) rusticorum. B. Anoplis of the Rustics. 



B. A. f rusticorum J nigro-anea, nilida ; fronte, genis, venlrisque lateribus, luteo-maculatis ; ehjtris striatis, apice rotundatis. 

 B Anoplis of the Rustics, black-bronzed, glossy : front, cheeks, and sides of the belly spotted with luteous ; elytra slightly 

 furrowed, rounded at the tip. 



Length of the body 9^ lines. 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black-bronzed, punctured, glossy. Head with a levigated elevation in the centre between 

 the eyes, channelled behind ; marked with two yellow spots underneath on the cheeks, a triangular 

 one adjoining the eyes on their inner side, and two dots of the same colour between them : protho- 

 rax grossly punctured with levigated spaces, the discoidal one longitudinal ; above the scutellum is 

 an impression ; sides converging at the base of the prothorax ; anterior angles with a yellow stripe : 

 elytra slightly furrowed with numerous very minute punctures in the furrows ; rounded at the apex : 

 interstices with scattered punctures ; those of the second, third, fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth fur- 

 rows elevated so as to form an obtuse ridge : the four last ventral segments of the abdomen have 

 on each side a reddish-yellow spot, those on the last segment being the largest and most irregular ; 

 anus with two distinct lateral teeth. 



This species is so similar to B. rustica, that at first I regarded it as merely a variety, that insect 

 however is smaller ; the head has a distinct longitudinal channel : the prothorax is less thickly punc- 

 tured, and the sides, at the base, converge less but more suddenly : the elytra are truncated, or 

 rather premorse, at the apex with a few minute denticles : the mandibles have a yellow spot, and 

 there are none on the ventral segments of the abdomen, except the anal one : the anal teeth also 

 are obsolete. 



