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XI. Notes on the Biiprestidre collected hy Professor 

 Semper in the Pldlipjnne Islands ; ivith descrip- 

 tions of the new species. By Edward Saun- 

 ders, F.L.S. 



[Read 16th March, 1874.] 



Having recently obtained the collection of Bnprestidce. 

 formed by Professor Semper in the Philippine Islands, I 

 here give a list of the species contained in it, and descrip- 

 tions of those which have not before been characterized. 

 The general style of the Bnprestidce fauna is almost 

 similar to that of the JNIoluccan Islands ; in a fcAv in- 

 stances the same species occur in both, but where this is 

 the case a distinct variation is generally observable, so 

 that one could easily say whether the individual came 

 from the Philippines or the Moluccas. There is only 

 one genus in the collection which is not found in the 

 latter islands, viz., AcrncBodera, which is represented by a 

 species which occurs also in Siam and India. The most 

 interesting series in the boxes is that of Chrysodema 

 Smaragdula, Oliv., which exhibits great variety both in 

 colour and form ; the same species occm^s commonly in 

 the Moluccas, where it is equally variable, and yet almost 

 all the Philippine specimens have an aspect peculiar to 

 themselves, Avhereby they are distinguishable from their 

 more southern relations. The collection contains alto- 

 gether fifty-eight species, of which thirty-six arc here 

 described as new. 



Catoxantha nigricornis, H. Deyr. 

 Ann. Soc. Belg. viii. p. 1. 

 A fragment, showing the transverse band on the elytra, 

 from North Luzon. 



Chrysochroa Semperi, E. S. 



Aureo-viridis, thorace punctato, proesertim in lateribus, 

 linea dorsali angustissima ca^rulea. Elytra ^ punctato- 

 lineata, utrmque lineis quatuor subelevatis, apice minute 

 denticulata. Subtus punctata. 



Pale brassy-green. Thorax with a very narroAv blue 



trans, ent. soc. 1874.— part ii. (apr.) 



