of the Family BuprestldEe. 259 



which is a deep steel-blue insect. Apart from the colour, 

 this species differs from stictipennis in the lateral yellow stripe 

 of the elytra. In the Indian stictipennis the yellow stripe is 

 at the base single for a short distance, and is then double 

 {i. e. occupies two interstices) until it reaches the transverse 

 postmedian spot. In luzonica the yellow on the submarginal 

 interstice stops halfway between the shoulder and the trans- 

 verse spot, so that the yellow stripe occupies only one inter- 

 stice at the middle. 



Acmceodera grandis. 



The species of this group differ so much in tlve colour of 

 the sexes that the males have in most cases been described as 

 distinct from the females. 



The males are generally dark-coloured, bronzy or coppery, 

 the females bright metallic green or blue. 



A. grandis, Guerin, is a female ; cuprina, Fahr., is the 

 male of the same species in all probability, but I notice that 

 the male cuprina in the Museum collection from N'Gami 

 shows a slight tendency to carination at the apex of the 

 elytra, which I do not see in the specimens from Abyssinia 

 received with the female grandis. I believe, however, that 

 they are all one species. 



Acmaodera viridicenea, De Geer. 



A. viridianea, De Geer (Mem. vii. p. 631), is a female 

 and A. aneicollis, De Geer (p. 632), is the male of the same 

 species. A. violacea, Gory, is a female, and I believe 

 A. gibbosa, Oliv., also a female, is the same. 



Acmaodera subalveolata, Th. 



A. chrysoloma, Th., is the male of A. subalveolata, Th. 

 By the kindness of M. Oberthiir I have been able to examine 

 the types of these species. Both are described on p. 61 of 

 the ' Typi Buprestidarum,' subalveolata being described first. 



Acmaodera puella, Bohem. 



A.pnella, Bohem. (CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. for 1831, 

 p. 12), is a female, and A. luculenta, described on the next 

 page, is probably the male. 



AcmcRodera repercussa, L. & G. 



This is a male. The species of this group are extremely 

 difficult to determine, and at present there is only one male 



