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nymic indications may be derived :—jPsilqptera v^rrucifera (Fairm).=jpro?o?e- 
gata (L. & G.) j Anthaxia marginicoUis (8o\.)=iver$cunda (Erichs.). 
Faibmaibe also describes (I, c, pp. 621-629) seyeral known species, 
namely '.—Psiloptet'a fastidiosq, (Fairm.), Hypoprasis harpagon (Fairm.), 
Anthaxia snh<xqmlis (Fairm.), Stigmodera cyanicoUis and iS, consohrina 
Fairm.), and S. chiliensk (Gu^r.), and Chrysohothris bothrideres (Fairm.), 
and cites the characters of 4 species described by Philippi in the Stett. 
ent.' Zeitung for 1860. 
The following synonyms of Mendozan species described by Fairmaire are 
also given by him (/. c. p, 630) : — Psiloptera cupreo-fossa (Fairm.) =iplagiata 
(L. & G.)j P. get'tnamii (Fairm.) = americanus (L. & G.) ; and 
Tyndaris attenuatus (Fairm. ) = P^osima irrorata (L. & G.) 
Psiloptera xerces (Mars.) (Lap.) according to Abeille de Perrin 
(Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. vii. p. 69). 
Dicd'ca (dnea and hei'olinensia. Sliort notes on the larva) by Kawall, Stett. 
ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 124. 
Chrysochroa ephippigera (White) is referred by E. Saunders to C, ocellata 
(Fab.) as a variety (Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 3rd ser. v. p. 609, figured, 
pi. 25. fig. 1). 
Coroehus bifasciatus (Oliv.). AbeiUe de Perrin describes the habits and 
transformations of this species, which is said by him to be injurious to oak 
trees (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. vii. pp. 66, 67). 
Lampra conspersa (Fab.). Gernet describes and figures the larva of this 
species. Horse Soc. Ent. Ross. v. p. 17, pi. 2. fig. 6. 
Agrilm biguitatus (Fab.). Larva noticed by Kawall, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, 
p. 123. 
Chrysobothris chrysostigma. Larva and habits noticed by Kawall, Stett, 
ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 123. 
Gyascutus obliteratus (Lee.). Habits noticed by Horn, Proc. Ent. Soc. 
Phil. vi. p. 290. 
Sphenoptera beckeri (Dohrn). Hohrn publishes further remarks upon the 
characters of this species, described by him in 1866. Stett. ent. Zeit 1867, 
p. 144. 
Acmceodera pulchra (Fab.). Ernest Ootty gives an account of his obtain- 
ing an abundance of this species from an old felled poplar trunk in Algeria. 
M6m. Soc. Linn, du Nord de Fr. 1866, pp. 168-169. 
H. Fuss notices an example of Conognathus variabilis with 2 tarsi on the 
right intermediate tibia. Berl. ent. Zeits. 1867, p. 407. 
XenopsiSf g. n., E. Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. vol. v. p. 614. 
Allied to Castalia ; eyes large ) antennary cavities minute j elytra subtruncate 
at apexj tarsi dilated, joint 1 pyriform, 2 shorter, 3 and 4 very short. Sp. 
X. IceviS} sp. n., Saund. 1. c. p. 614, pi. 25. fig. 9, Penang. 
New species : — 
Chrysochroa similis, E. Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. v. p. 429, 
pi. 22. fig. 3, Penang j C. deyrolliiy E. Saund. 1. c. p. 430, pi. 22. fig. 4, India j 
C, parryiy E. Saund. 1 . c. p. 430, pi. 22. fig. 6, Ceylon j C. andamanensis, E. 
Saund. 1. c. p. 431, pi. 22. fig. 6, Andaman Islands. 
Steraspis aurovittata (Hope, MS.), E. Saunders, 1. c. p. 432, pi. 22. fig. 1, 
Sierra Leona. 
