62 Entomological Society. 



The Rev. F. W. Hope exhibited some specimens and drawings of 

 fossil insects from Aix. He also exhibited specimens of both sexes 

 of Goliathus Savagei, recently received by him from Western Africa 

 from Mr. Savage. 



The following memoirs were read : — 



" Descriptions of new species of Buprestidce from New Holland.** 

 By the Rev. F.W.Hope. 



Sp. 1. Chrysodema gigas, Hope. Viridis, thorace fere quadrato 

 rugoso-punctato, elytris quadricostatis marginibusque externis ele- 

 * vatis, tarsisque infra fiavis. Long. lin. 19, lat. lin. 6^. — From 

 Swan River. 



Sp. 2. Stigmodera signaticollis, Hope. Flava, thorace viridi^ 

 violaceo, utrinque flavo-maculato, elytris tribus fasciis violaceis, 

 pedibus viridibus. Long. lin. 14, lat. lin. 6. — From Swan River. 



Sp. 3. Stigmodera MitcheUii, Hope. Flava, thorace olivaceo-ieneo, 

 marginibus croceis, fossuld utrinque parum distinctd, elytrisque 

 violaceis et quatuor fasciis fiavis ornatis, corpore infra cyanea, 

 pedibusque concoloribus. Long. lin. 11|, lat. lin. 5 . — From Swan 

 River. 



Sp. 4. Stigmodera sanguinosa, Hope. Mnea, thorace nigricante, 

 elytris sanguineis punctis viridibus fortiter excavatis, corpore infra 

 aurato-ceneis griseisque pilis obsito, pedibus antennisque cupreis. 

 Long. lin. 10, lat. lin. 4. — From Swan River. 



Sp. 5. Stigmodera hsematica, Hope. Sanguinea, capite atro-ieneo, 

 thorace in medio nigro -maculate, corpore infra sanguinoso pect ore, 

 pedibusque cyaneis. Long. lin. 15, lat. lin. 6. — From Swan River. 



Sp. 6. Stigmodera Parryi. Brunneo -rubra, thorace ceneorubroque 

 colore variegato, elytris brunneo-rubris, corpore infra eroso-punc- 

 tato et ceneo, pedibusque concoloribus. Long. lin. I45, lat. lin. 6. 

 — From New Holland. 



Sp. 7. Stigmodera cyanura, Hope. Flava, thorace viridi nitido, 

 maculd fiavd parvd utrinque positd, elytris fiavis, apicibusque lafh 

 cyaneis, corpore infra fiavo viridique colore variegato. Long, 

 lin. 11, lat. lin. 4y. — From Swan River. 



Sp. 8. Stigmodera HofFmanseggii, Hope. Violacea, thorace aneo, 

 elytris purpurascentibus striatis, apice subserratis, humeris fiavO" 

 maculatis fasciisque duabus concoloribus ornatis, corpore infra 

 chalybeo-violaceo, pedibusque ceneis. Long. lin. 9, lat. lin. 4. — 

 From the neighbourhood of Swan River. 



Sp. 9. Stigmodera perplexa, Hope. JEnea, thorace nigricante^ 

 elytris fiavis tribus fasciis atro -violaceis signatis, corpore infra 

 atro-cBneo, pedibus concoloribus. Long. lin. 7, lat. lin. 3. — 

 From Western Australia. 



Sp. 10. Stigmodera assimilis, Hope. , Violacea, thorace olivaceo- 

 ceneo, elytris tribus fasciis fiavis, corpore infra purpurascente, 

 pedibus concoloribus. Long. lin. 5^, lat. lin. 2. — From Port 

 Philip. 



Sp. 11. Stigmodera Adelaidae, Hope. Purpurascens, thorace flavO' 

 marginato, disco viridi crebrissime punctulato, elytris violaceis et 



