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COLEOPTERA. 
Syn. Buprestis chrysis, Fabricius Ent. Syst. 1. 11. p. 194. Oliv. Ent. II. 32, t. 2, f 8, a, 
d, e. Herbst. Col. IX. p. 14, 1 t. 138, / 2. 
Buprestis sternicornis, De Geer Ins. IV. p. 136. 2, t. 17. f 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. 
BUPRESTIS (SPHENOPTERA?) CONFUSA. 
Plate III. fig. 3. 
Species. Buprestis Confusa : corpore seneo inimaculato, 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 A inch. 
Syn. Buprestis confusa, Westwood. 
Buprestis senea, Fabricius Ent. Syst. 1. 11. p. 193. (nec cenea, Linncei.') Syst.Eleuth. 
2. p. 193. Donov. 1$£ edit. 
Buprestis tricuspidata, Oliv. Ent. 11. 32. p. 29. t. 8. f. 87. Herbst. Col. IX. p. 181. 
t. 154./ l.o, 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, Diceraea, 
aenea,) 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. 4^. 
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. 
