BUPKESTIDiE. 
Ins. 71 
The following synonymy is given : — Melanophila nolata , Lap. & Gory 
( = luteo-signala, Ziegl., and opaca, Lee.), longipes, Say ( = immaculata, 
Mann., and append iculata, L. & G.), drummondi, Kirby (= guttulata , 
Mann.), fulvo-guttata , Harr. (= oclo-spilota, crocco-signata, and decolorata, 
L. & G.), gentilis, Lee. (= prasina , Lee.), cencola, Mels. (= metallica , 
Lee.), Antliaxia aineo-gaster , L. & G. (= inornata , Rand., expansa , s/H- 
gata, foveicollis, imperfecta , and retifer , Lee.), viridifrons , Gory (= smZ>- 
cenea , Mels.), cyanella , Gory (= scoriacea , Mels.), quercata, Fabr. ( = 
cuneiformis and bivittata , Gory, and flavimana , Gory (= gracilis , Mels.). 
Figures are given of the elytra of 6 species of Melanophila , and of 
both sexes, and $ antenna of Xenorrhipis bvendeli , Lee. (pi. iv. figs. 1-9). 
Horn notices the 5 antennae of Xenorrhipis , 1. c. ix. p. xxxv. 
lulodis onopordi, Fabr. Habits and eggs; Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(6) ii. pp. civ. & cv. 
Gyascutus sphenicus, Lee , = Latipalpis saginata , Mann. ; Leconte, Tr. 
Am. Ent. Soc. ix. p. xxxvi. 
Perotis longicollis , Kraatz, = cuprea , Hampe ; Ganglbauer, Wien, 
ent. Z. i. p. G8. 
Lampra bella, Gory, perhaps = balcanica , Kirchsb.; Z. c. p. 135. 
Melanophila cequalis , var. verata from Sardinia noticed ; Costa, Atti 
Acc. Nap. ix., No. 11, p. 32. 
Anthaxia. Remarks on various species ; Ganglbauer, Z. c. p. 13G. ^4. 
ephippiata, Redt., = brevis , Lap., and ^4. lucens, Kiist., var. phccnicea 
from Bey rut is described ; zVZ. Z. c. pp. 68 & 69. A. rugicollis , Luc., 
recorded from Arragon ; Reitter, Wien. ent. Z. i. p. 1G7. 
Conognatlia paradisca and comilessa, Thoms., = equestris , Fabr., and 
batesi, Saund., respectively ; Waterhouse, Ann. N. H. (5) ix. p. 52. 
Sphenoptera cuprea , Ball., redescribed ; Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvi. 
p. 316. 
Corcebus bifasciatus. Note on transformations ; Marseul & Peragallo, 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. cxlv. & cxlvi. 
Aphanisticus elongatus, Villa, var. canaliculatus from S. Europe noticed ; 
Schkufuss, Nunq. Ot. iii. p. 554. 
iVety genera and species : — 
Ancylotela , Waterhouse, Ann. N. H. (5) ix. p. 173. Allied to Ptosima 
and Tyndaris ; type, A. oculata, sp. n., l.c. p. 173, Chili. 
Chalcangium , id. Biol. Centr. Am. C'oZ. iii. (1) p. 32. Allied to Chryso- 
bothris , but more elongate, and with no impressions on the elytra ; pro- 
sternal process almost simple, and anterior femora unarmed. Type, C. 
longipennis , Waterh. (MS.), from Mexico. 
Stcrnocera ameo-caslanca, Fairmaire, Revoil’s Fauno et Flore Qomal. Col. 
p. 48, Somali-land. 
lulodis lacunosa and myrmido , id. Z. c. pp. 49 & 50, Somali-land. 
Steraspis iodoloma , id. Z. c. p. 51, Somali-land. 
Chrysochroa vethi , Ritsema, Notes Leyd. Mus. iv. p. 175, Sumatra. 
Chalcophora mexicana, Waterhouse, Biol. Centr. Am. Col. iii. (1) p. 1, 
pi. i. fig. 1, Mexico. 
