hei ee 
PLAT E. CCLX XX, 
DUPRE STIS PYGMEA, 
| COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne fetaceous and the length of the thorax: head half ree 
trafted, or drawn within the thorax. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND . 
SYNONYMS. 
Wing-cafes entire blue: head and thorax brown, bronzed, and glofly. 
Buprestis PyGMEA: elytris integris cyaneis, capite thoraceque 
eneis nitidis, Fab. Ent. Sy/ft. 1. p. 2. p. 211. Sp. 1106 
The difcovery of this minute but rare {pecies of Bupreftis in this 
country is due to Alexander M‘Leay, Ef. It was foundin a 
puddle, on the road fide, near Coombe Wood, in the month of May 
laft. The fpecimen is reprefented in the annexed plate; the {malleft 
figure denotes the natural fize. 
PLATE 
