VII.—A Contribution to the stem' oe the Insect Faina 
of Borneo. A list of the Bornean Buprestidae, 
(Part I). By J. C. Moulton, Curator of the 
Sarawak Museum. 
As but little seems to have been written on the 
Coleoptera of Borneo, except in monographs on the 
various families, perhaps a simple faunistic list may be 
of some value, if only for a comparison of the geog¬ 
raphical distribution of this family in the East. 
The accomplishment of such a task is rendered easy 
now that such magnificent works as the Genera Insect ■ 
vrum and the new Coleopterorum Catalogus are in process 
of publication. An additional interest in this work has 
been afforded the writer by continual reference to 
the fine collection of Bornean Buprestidae in the 
Sarawak Museum, which contains over half the num¬ 
ber of species ever recorded from Borneo. 
The number here recorded is 175 of which no less 
than 33 have never been noted from Borneo before. 
This total in no way claims to be final for there are 
some fifteen species still awaiting description, which 
have been examined by M. Ch. Kerremans and pro¬ 
nounced “new to science 1 '. And it is not too much to 
suppose that there yet remain many species to be dis¬ 
covered in a country so rich in insects as is Borneo. 
The classification and nomenclature adopted in this 
list is that laid down by M. Ch. Kerremans in his 
Monographic des Buprestides for the first portion ; but 
as that work is still incomplete, I have followed the 
same author’s classification in Genera Insectorum for 
the latter part. 
I have to thank the following gentlemen for kindly 
sending me data of Bornean Buprestidae in their 
possession : —Dr. N. Annandale, Superintendent of the 
Indian Museum, Dr. H. J. Veth of The Hague, Mr. 
C. J. Brooks, and not least, M. Ch. Kerremans of 
Brussel Is, who has identified the large majority of 
