One foUtary interruption in our feries o f th e nondefcript fpecies o f Auftralafian Bupreftides occurs in
this place. Fabricius we find has become acquainted with this in feft fince th e Entomologia Syftema was
publillied, for he defcribes it in bis laft work as above referred to. Bupreftis imperialis is a beautiful
infeft, and perfeftly deferving o f the name h e has aifigned to it.
This infeft is pre tty frequent in N ew Soutli Wales, and other p arts o f New Holland.
B U P R ES T I S LIMBATA.
S P E C IF IC C HARAC T ER .
T horax brafly green with teftaceous margin : wing-cafes entire, ftriated, teftaceous, w ith a greenifli fu tu re ,
and fanguineous margin.
B u p r e s t i s L im b a t a : thorace viridi-$neo margine teftaceo, elytris integris flriatis teftaceis: futura viridibus,
margine fanguineis.
A nondefcript fpecies from N ew South Wa les in the colleftion o f A. Macleay, Efq.
b u p r e s t i s s u t u r a l i s.
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T ER .
Violaceous: wing-cafes fub*bidentated, ftriated, yellow below w ith a cyaneous future , and margin.
B u p r e s t is S u t u r a l is : violacea, elytris fub-bidentatis flriatis flavis futura margineque cyaneis.
This is a fine undefcribed fpecies from the fame country and cabinet as the laft.