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Rh voted to another science; though fully competent to the task himself, he has requested me to lay a description of them before the Linnean Society, which I shall now do to the best of my ability, adhering to the plan begun in my former paper.

COLEOPTERA pentamera.

(Bupresidæ.)

Linn.

cruentata. 1. B. viridis, elytris subacuminatis violaceis : fasciis duabus, maculaque antica laterali, sanguineis.

XXIII. Fig. 1.

Long. Corp. lin. 4.

Parva sed pulcherrima. Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, nitidum, punctulatissimum, glabrum, amœne viride. Caput triangulare, inter oculos impressum, postice canalicalatum. Antennæ capite vix longiores, nigræ. Thorax linea angustissima dorsali longitudinali lævi. Scutellum triangulare: disco excavato. Elytra striata: striis punclatis, violacea; fasciis duabus, anteriori subsinuata, postica lunata, maculaque sub humcro cum fascia antica connexa, sanguineis. Inter fascias color violaceus elytrorum vergit in purpureum. Elytrorum apex subacuminatus.

tricolor. 2. B. viridi-aurata, elytris bidentatis, flavis : litura basis, sutura, fascia, maculaque apicis, violaceis.

Long. Corp. lin. 5.

Corpus subdepressum, oblongum, punctulatum, subtus viridi-auratum: pubc parva albida. Caput inter oculos impressum, postice canaliculatum. Antennæ nigræ. Thorax æneus: lateribus sordide flavis, postice paulo latior: puncto medio impresso. Scutellum triangulari-cordatum, viride: disco impresso.