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Cetoniid^e. 

 These are all European forms. 



8. Tropinota squalida, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 556. 

 Sab. Badghis. 



9. Oxythyrea stictica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 552. 

 Sab. Hari-rud valley. 



10. Cetonia floralis, Eabr. Mantissa, i. p. 31. 

 Sab. Persia ; Hari-rud valley. 



11. Cetonia armeniaca, Menetr, Cat. Eais. p. 190. 

 Sab. Badghis and Hari-rud valley. 



12. Cetonia, sp. 



A single specimen of a species allied to C. armeniaca, but smaller (7 lines long), black, 

 with a few white marks. This is possibly a new species, but I cannot venture to describe 

 it from a single example. 



Sab. Hari-rud valley. 



SERRICOENIA. 

 BUPRESTIDJE. 



13. Julodis l^vicostata, Gory, Mon. iv. p. 16, pi. 3. f. 11. 



Sab. Persia ; Hari-rud valley. 

 A Persian species. 



14. Julodis etjphractica, Cast. & Gory, Mon. i. p. 18, pi. 6. f. 25. 



Sab. Hari-rud valley, Badghis, and Persia. 



[Was collected on willow-branches, flying over the high walls surrounding the 

 orchards, and lighting on the top branches of a willow, in preference to other trees. 

 Was chiefly noticed at Turbat-shaikh-jami, Khorasan. — J. E. T. A.] 



15. Julodis variolaris, Pall. It. i. 1773, p. 161 ; Ic. p. 63, t. D. f. 2. 



Sab. Badghis, Persia, and valley of Hari-rud. 



A South-Russian species. 



[This very handsome Beetle was local, and only captured when seen flying off a bush 

 and then ridden down. It may be common enough, but is very difficult to detect, owing 

 to its colouring. — J. E. T. A.] 



16. Capnodis miliaris, Klug, Symb. Phys. Bupr. 15, t. 2. f. 1. 



Sab. Badghis, Persia. 

 A Persian species. 



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