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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA. 
maintains the distinctness of tliese genera, and, p. 280, recharacterizes his 
own genus Neophcedimus, redescribing and figuring (pi. xiv. figs. 1, 2, & 3) 
both sexes of his N. auzouxi, from Mou-Pin, Thibet. 
Dicranoeephalus. Lucas, I. c. pp. 282-284, discusses the known species, 
referring D. dahrii, Auz., to adamsi, Pasc, and figuring the c?, pi. xiv. figs. 4 
& 5. 
Romhorrhina resplendens: observations on the localities of specimens in 
Leyden Museum. Von Vollenhoven, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) vii. p. 125 et seq. 
Cetonia athalia, Rche., ex. fyp., = subpilosa, Desbr. : Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. (5) ii. p. xxiii. C. caucasica, 'Ko\., — cBrata, Er. ; Des Cottes, MT. schw. 
ent. Ges. iii. p. 523. 
C. (Protcetia) hreynii, Schaum, is apparently specifically distinct from fer- 
ruginea, Gory; and the variability &c. of the Philippine species is discussed : 
Dohrn,' S. E. Z. xxxiii. p. 154 et seq. 
Cetonia (Protcetia) scepsia, sp. n., Dohrn, I. c. p. 157, Manilla. 
BUPRESTID^. 
In Australian species the is apparently always much smaller than the 
2 . E. Saunders, P. E. Soc. 1872, p. xx. 
H. Burmeister, S. E. Z. xxxiii. pp. 367-387, revises the species from the 
district of La Plata known to him. Agrilus insanus, Gemm. & v. H., ? = 
incanus, Cast. 
Aneylochira splendida, Feiyk., =bicolor, F., a N. American species : Thom- 
son, Opusc. Ent. (iv.) p. 389. 
Lam2)etis argentata, Mann., ? =:co7nposita, Palis. Bauv., and is certainly 
rightly placed by de Marseul in this genus. Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. 
p. 183. 
Corcehus bifasciatus : larva makes a circular gallery round branches of 
Quercus ilex, between the bark and wood. So far from being rare in the 
Department of the Var, it is absolutely a noxious species. A. Champenois, 
Pet. Nouv. no. 43, p. 171. 
Traohys quercicola, Mars., fully described : L'Ab. viii. p. 414. 
Brachys (^ruginosa, Say: the larva mines leaves of JFV)5^t<s /em/^/Zwert, and 
the larva of Metonius Icevigatus, Say, mines those of a species of Desmodium : 
V. T. Chambers, Canad. Ent. iv. pp. 123 & 124. 
Notograptus, g, n., W. Macleay, Tr. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 243. Nearly 
allied to Anthaxia, but with labrum rounded at apex, thorax transverse, 
rounded at the sides, considerably narrowed at the posterior angles, and bi- 
sinuate at the base, with a central lobe. N. sulcipennis, ibid., hieroglyphicus^ 
p. 244, id. I. C.J Gayndah, Queensland, spp. nn. 
Tylauchenia, g. n., H. Burmeister, c. p. 377. Polycestides : between 
Polycesta and Acherusa, Buprestis spJi(sricoUis, Desm., and JB. crassicoUis, 
Gory, La Plata. 
New species : — 
Amhlysterna suhvittata, E. Saunders, Tr. E. Soc. 1872, p. 238, Zambesi. 
Chrysochroa browni, p. 240, Ceylon, punctatissima, p. 241, E. Indies, 
id. I. c. 
Philocteanus igneiceps, id. I. c. p. 242, Burmah. 
