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JE. cincta, pi. 13. Iig3. 3, 4 j hella, pi. 13. fig. 5 ; E. celehensis, pi. 13. fig. 8 ; 
E. lateralis^ pi. 13. fig. 9 j E. boioringiif pi. 14. fig. o ; E. incerta, pi. 14. figs. 
1, 2j E. fulvipictay pi. 14. fig. E. cretata, pi. 14. fig. 4j E. aromatica, pi. 
14. fig. 3j Oetqnia ciocolatinuy pi. 14. fig. 8j C. cckhica, pi. 14. fig. 7 ; and 
Euremina cKjndla, pi. 14. fig. 9. 
Doiiun (Steit. ent. Zeit. 18G8, pp. 233-243) refers to various species of this 
group from the district of Ilererd in Soutli Africa, namely, Oxythyrea 
hcemorrhoidalis (Fab.), variations, to which he refers Cctonia amethyslina and 
dysenterica (M‘Leay), C. nitiduda (Oliv.), ? Oxythyrea vitiicolUs (Boh.), 
? O. niveoguttata (Blanch.), P O. discicollis (Blanch.) j Oxythyrea amahilis 
(Schaum), variations j Cetonia Jimhriata (Tlixmb.) ) Cetonia Jlavicentr is (Gory). 
Dohrn describes a species as new under the name of Tephrcca anceps (/. c. 
p.240), but subsequently (/. c. p. 243) identifies it with 2\ napcea (Boh,). 
Boisduval having placed a female of Cotenia morio, sent to him from Nice, 
in his room, the windows of which were opened at night, found cf indivi- 
duals of the species in the room several mornings successively. The insect 
appears to be rare in the neighbourhood of Paris. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, 
p. Ixv. 
Trichins mandarinus, sp. n., Eedtenbacher, lieise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. 
p. 82, pi. 3. fig. 7, North China. 
Cremastocheilus armatus, sp. n.. Walker, Lord’s Naturalist in Vancouver’s 
Island, &c. ii. p. 320, Vancouver’s Island. 
BuPllESTIDAi. 
E. Saunders lias published (Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1868, 
pp. 1-67) a revision of the Australian species of this family 
described by Hope. In this revision, as we learn from a note 
(p. 2), he has treated those of Hope’s descriptions Avhich were 
printed only for private circulation as unpublished ; and regard- 
ing his names in the light of mere MS. names, has placed them 
as synonyms of species described subsequently by other authors. 
It must be admitted that from the liberal manner in which 
Hope’s unpublished descriptive catalogues were distributed at 
the time of their preparation, and the general acceptance they 
met with from entomologists both in this country and abroad, 
there is great difficulty in determining the light in which they 
are to be regarded; for, following out his own principle, Saun- 
ders might in this case claim to be the original dcscribcr of all 
those species named by Hope in his pamphlet on Buprestidai 
which have not heen described by other authors. This case may 
serve as an additional illustration, if any were wanting, of the 
extreme absurdity of printing scientific descriptions for private 
circulation. Under any circumstances Saunders has done good 
service by determining the synonymy of so large a number of 
species, most of which are here dc.scrib(id by him in dcdail, and 
nearly all of tliem illustrated by figures. Tdie species are : — 
Cyria (Fab7) = «?^.:^^;T//w {Bo\s^.) — imperialis and (Hope), 
pi. 1. figs. 1 & 2 ; C. vittigera (IIopo), p. 3, pi. 1. fig. 3 : Biadoxus (II. Deyr. 
MS.) erythrurus = Anthaxia pistacina (Hope), p. 4, pi. 1. fig. 6; 
