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It is probable that this species may be the Oxy. 

 binotata of Laporte, He seems to have considered 

 his O. binotata the same as that described by Gray 

 in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, which is certainly 

 distinct. Mons. Guerin has cleared up the syno- 

 nymy of the species in the Dictionn. Pittoresq. 

 d*Hist. Nat. tom. 6. p. 572, and has proposed for 

 Mons. Laporte's species the name employed above. 



5. Calochroa, Hope. 



C. Crucigera. Long lin. 10|^, lat. lin. S\. 



Nigro-violacea elytris tribus fasciis, duobus 

 primis interruptis tertia apicali, Caput Isete viola- 

 ceum inter oculos rugosostriatum. MandibulsB 

 nigrse ad basin flavescentes. Palpi maxillares nigri. 

 Thorax rugosus atroviolaceus. Elytra fere glabra 

 sub lente punctata, cruce aurantia interrupta in 

 medio disco elytrorum notata, apicibus concoloribus. 

 Corpus infra purpureo-atrum, pedibus violaceis. 

 Habitat in India Orientali, Madras. 



This superb insect was brought to England from 

 the Nilgherry Mountains ; it is allied to C. Princeps 

 of Vigors, and Lepida of Gory ; there are two 

 other species in my collection from the same 



