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XIX. Notes on Rare and Descriptions of New Species of 
Buprestidze collected by Mr. Jamus Lams in 
Penang. By Epwarp Saunpers. 
[Read 18th February, 1867.} 
THE present paper contains descriptions of the new species 
of Buprestidee collected by Mr. Lamb in Penang, with 
notes of previously known but rare species. Many 
of Mr. Lamb’s captures are specifically identical with 
species discovered by Mr. Wallace, and in cases where the 
insects are already common in collections, they have not 
been mentioned. The number of new species amounts 
to fifteen; of one of these has been formed a new genus, 
under the name of Xenopsis. I have to thank my kind 
friend Mr. Pascoe, in whose care Mr. Lamb’s collections 
are at present placed, for lendmg me the insects here 
described. 
Chrysochroa Castelnaudi, H. Deyr. 
Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1862, p. 537, pl. IT. fig.4. 
Two specimens of this rare species have been captured 
by Mr. Lamb, one of which is very darkly coloured, 
and slightly deformed. 
Chrysochroa ocellata, Fabr., Var. ephippigera, White. 
(Pl. XV shes ts) 
Ann. Nat. History, xu. p. 342. 
I was at first inclined to think that this was a distinct 
species, but I have lately received some specimens of 
ocellata in which the spots have lost their circular form 
and almost touch the suture and lateral margins, and 
therefore have no doubt that it is a mere variety. 
Philocteanus flammeus, Thoms. 
Arch. Ent. 1. p. 110. 
Several specimens of this species are contained in the 
collection, all of which are of a remarkably golden hue. 
TR. ENT. SOC. THIRD SERIES, VOL. V. PART vil.—DpDeEc. 1867. 
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