22 DESCraPTION OF NEW iilIPRESTID.15, 



Description of Twenty New Species of Buprestidcc, belong- 

 ing to the gemis Stigmodera, from the Northern parts of 

 Australia^ by William MacLeay, Jun., Esq., M.L. A. 



[Ecad 1st September, 1862.] 



The genus Stigmodera of Eschscholtz, though not enth-ely 

 Australian, contains comparatively but few foreign sj^ecies, and 

 these I believe exclusively South American ; Avhile the number of 

 those of New Holland may almost be said to be endless. 



About one hundred and twenty species have already been 

 described from this country ; and it is rare indeed to find a 

 collection, however small, of Sydney Insects which does not con- 

 tain new species. 



In the following paper I have described 20 species from Port 

 Denison and other northern parts of the country, all of which are 

 quite new to collections. 



1. — Stigmodera fulviventris. 



Cupreo-aonea, capitelongitudinaliter impresso, thoracc punctato, 

 scutello jeneo, elytris flavis striatis striis punctatis lateribus 

 postice serratis apice bidentatis sutura ad basin macula 

 utrinque quadrata fascia pone medium lata apiceque cyaneis, 

 corpore subtus puuctato parce pubescente, ventre fulvo. 

 Long. 8 lin., lat. 3 lin. 

 Hab. Port Denison. 

 The head is brassy, and closely covered with punctures ; the 

 antennae are of the same hue, with the exception of the peduncle 

 of the first joint, which is red. The thorax, which is also brassy, 

 with a coppery tinge, is covered with close fine punctures, except- 

 ing the basal part of the medial dorsal line ; the scutellum is 

 brassy, with a few very small punctures in the centre. The 

 elytra are yellow, rather deeply striated, and covered with punc- 

 tures ; the sides for some distance from the apex are finely serrated, 

 and the apex itself is minutely bidentated. The suture for nearly 

 a fourth of its length from the scutellum is blue, and on each side 

 there is a square spot of the same color. A post-medial, and an 

 apical fascia joined together at the literal margins, are also blue. 



