﻿Dr. 
  A. 
  Giinther 
  on 
  Diptychus 
  Lansdelli. 
  .'ilil 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is, 
  T 
  believe, 
  well 
  known, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   told 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  described 
  ; 
  I 
  have, 
  however, 
  searched 
  in 
  vain 
  

   for 
  any 
  description 
  of 
  it, 
  and 
  if 
  by 
  any 
  unfortunate 
  accident 
  I 
  

   have 
  overlooked 
  if, 
  or 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  any 
  paper 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  come 
  

   into 
  my 
  hands, 
  1 
  must 
  apologize 
  beforehand 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  

   synonym. 
  

  

  Buprestidae. 
  

  

  Sternocera 
  Hunteri. 
  

  

  Nigro-cyanea, 
  nitida 
  ; 
  thoraee 
  crebre 
  punetato, 
  antice 
  foveolato 
  ; 
  

  

  elytris 
  castaneo-fiavis, 
  striate 
  -punctatis, 
  macula 
  obliqua 
  subhume- 
  

  

  rali 
  apiepque 
  nigro-cyaneis. 
  

   Long. 
  16-19 
  lin. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  East 
  Africa, 
  Masailand 
  (//. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Hunter, 
  Esq.) 
  

   Form 
  of 
  S. 
  orissa. 
  The 
  thorax 
  has 
  the 
  punctures 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  small 
  and 
  slightly 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  (the 
  inter- 
  

   vals 
  flat) 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  front 
  the 
  punctures 
  become 
  gradually 
  

   larger, 
  but 
  are 
  very 
  irregular, 
  the 
  intervals 
  convex, 
  varying 
  

   in 
  width 
  lut 
  not 
  costiform. 
  The 
  elytra 
  have 
  lines 
  of 
  rather 
  

   small 
  but 
  distinct 
  punctures, 
  the 
  intervals 
  are 
  very 
  finely 
  and 
  

   not 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  coarsely 
  and 
  closely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  brownish 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  blue-black 
  and 
  

   with 
  an 
  oblique 
  blue-black 
  patch 
  below 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  the 
  

   blue-black 
  colour 
  beiim 
  - 
  continued 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  Abdomen 
  coarsely 
  and 
  closely 
  (but 
  not 
  deeply) 
  punc- 
  

   ured. 
  

  

  Sternocera 
  Hunter!, 
  var. 
  fasciata. 
  

  

  This 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  foregoing 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  elytra 
  less 
  

   regularly 
  punctured 
  in 
  lines, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  blue-black 
  

   band 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  margin. 
  The 
  apical 
  

   area 
  is 
  blue-black, 
  but 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  demarcation, 
  instead 
  of 
  

   being 
  nearly 
  straight 
  and 
  ascending 
  as 
  it 
  approaches 
  the 
  

   suture, 
  is 
  trisinuate 
  and 
  descends 
  at 
  the 
  suture. 
  The 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  is 
  less 
  deeply 
  punctured. 
  

  

  XL1T. 
  — 
  Notice 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Fish 
  from 
  the 
  Issik 
  Kid 
  (Dipty- 
  

   chus 
  Lansdelli). 
  By 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  GuNTHER. 
  

  

  THE 
  Kev. 
  H. 
  Lansdell 
  has 
  discovered 
  during 
  his 
  recent 
  travels 
  

   in 
  Central 
  Asia 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  singular 
  genus 
  Dipty- 
  

   chus, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  Central- 
  

  

  