Ch. Kerremans: H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Buprestiden. 103 



In conclusion, it must be stated explicitly that blasii and 

 pedicularia are not absolutely identical: but the present writer 

 considers the differences insufficient to entitle them to specific 

 rank, but rather that they should be looked on as two forms of the 

 same species. If this is so, the Formosan series is in some ways 

 intermediate : the thorax beneath is roundish and very little 

 broader than long (character of blasii) ; the 2 nd tergite of the ? 

 has decidedly the pedicularia-iorm, but its disc bears only very 

 scanty minute bristles in some specimens and is quite bare in others ; 

 and lastly the <J 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tergites bear more or less short 

 bristles on their discs, which is a character of pedicularia rather 

 than of blasii. 



If these conclusions are correct, the species must be known 

 by Latreille's name as ,,Nycteribia (Listropodia) pedicularia" : 

 while Kolenati's blasii will become ,,Nycteribia {Listropodia) 

 pedicularia Latr. var. blasii Kol." The term ,,var." is here used 

 sensu lato, for it is uncertain exactly what rank — whether sub- 

 specific, varietal, &c. — should be assigned to blasii. The geogra- 

 phical ranges of the two forms coincide at any rate in part. Both 

 are now known from many parts of Europe and from North 

 Africa (Tunis and Eastern Algeria): in addition pedicularia is 

 recorded from South Africa by Speiser 5 ), and from Formosa 

 in this paper. Both forms have been found on Miniopterus schrei- 

 bersii, and on several other hosts (most of which are not the same 

 for the two forms 5 ). 



List of the Material. In spirit: Anping, 22. IX. 1906, 2 <J, 1 $. 

 Anping, 26. IX. 1906, 5 (J, 5 ?. Anping, 30. IX. 1906, 1 ?. Tainan, 

 3. X. 1906, 10 <J, 12 ?. Tainan, 6. X. 1906, 2 <j, 1 $. Tainan, 7. 

 X. 1906, 2 <J. 



Dried specimens: Tainan, dated X. 1906 and X. 1907 — 9, 3 cJ. 



H. Sauter's Formosa «Ausbeute. 

 Buprestiden 



3. Teil. 



Von 



Ch. Kerremans. 



Anthaxia aeneocuprea nov. sp. — Long. 4,5; larg. 1,5 millim. 



Ressemble ä VA. funerula Iiiig., d'Europe, mais d'une colo- 

 ration generale un peu plus claire, les cötes du pronotum moins 

 arques et sa base ä peine convergente, mais presque parallele, sa 

 marge anterieure sans lobe median anguleux. 



Oblong ovale, attenue en arriere, d'un bronze clair legerement 

 cuivreux. 



*5) Speiser, Arch. Naturg., 67. 1. 1901, pp. 53, 54. 



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