6 

 COLEOPTERA. 



Syn. Buprestis chrysis, Fabricius Ent. Syst. 1. 11. p. 194. 0Zt». ^re<. II. 32, «. 2,/. 8, 

 a, rf, e. Herbst. Col. IX. p. 14, 1 t. 138, / 2. 

 Buprestis sternioornis, Z>8 G%«r Ins. lY.p. 136. 2, (. 17,/. 25. 



This and the preceding species are alike distinguished by the comparatively small 

 size of the male sex, in which the fifth ventral segment is truncated at its extremity, 

 whereas in the females it is rounded. 



BUPKESTIS (SPHENOPTERA ?) CONFUSA. 



Plate III. fig. 3. 



Species. Buprestis Confusa : corpore seneo immaculato, obscure nitido ; elytris striatis et 

 tridentatis. Long. Corp. lin. 6. 

 Buprestis : brassy coloured, without spots, obscurely shining, with the elytra 

 striated and tridentate at the tips. Length J inch. 

 Syn. Buprestis confusa, Westwood. 



Buprestis senea, Fabricius Ent. Syst. 1, 11. p. 193. (nee cenea, Linncei) Syst. 

 Eleuth. 2. p. 193. Donov. 1st edit. 

 Buprestis tricuspidata, Oliv. Ent. 11. 32, p. 29. t. 8. /. 87. Herbst. Col. IX. 

 p. 181. t. 154./. l.a,b? 



The original specimen described by Fabricius, was brought from Coromandel by 

 Sir J. Banks. The name applied to it by the former having been previously given by 

 Linnaeus to another species, from the south of Europe, (Buprestis, Dicersea, eenea,) it 

 has become necessary to substitute another in its stead, as it is evident that it is not 

 identical with the Buprestis tricuspidata of Olivier, which, according to Schonherr, is 

 from Sierra Leone. 



BUPRESTIS (ANTHAXIA) 4-MACULATA. 



Plate III. fig. 4. 



Species. Buprestis 4-Maculata : elytris integris, viridis ; thorace postice late elytrisque 

 maculis duabus magnis aureis. Long. Corp. lin. 4A. 

 Buprestis : with the elytra entire ; green ; hinder part of the thorax with a broad 

 golden band ; elytra with two large golden spots on each Length 4^ lines. 



